Matt Whiting wrote in message ...
Paul Tomblin wrote:


Does Canada use a flight plan form/sequence similar to the US? Is this
an ICAO standard?

I just did this a couple of days ago. The FSS guy stepped me through
the entire thing. I really don't know what the IFR flight plan for
was, because he just asked me the necessary questions. He did ask
about things like survival equipment and if my ELT was fixed or
portable. Other than that, it seemed pretty straight forward. I also
noticed that the actual weather briefing seemed more practical. My
flight was pretty short, but IMC. The briefer told me what was going
on and the forcast. I did seem like he was reading from a script the
way it is in the U.S. He also seemed to have a pretty clear British
accent (which I thought was a bit unusual). When I departed Vancouver
Int'l a bunch of airline guys taxied up and got their release while I
was still waiting. I'm not sure if it was related to my route or if
they get priority in Canada.
-Robert