On 7/14/2005 10:45, Longworth wrote:


Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
If you were cleared direct from KPOU to WEARD you weren't cleared via the
Dutchess Four Departure, a turn toward WEARD was the proper thing to do.
Flying the Dutchess Four Departure would have been a violation of your
clearance.

That was what I thought until the ATC admonished us for turning too
soon.

Yeah, you were well beyond their standard service volumes.

Yes, I was aware of the 40nm limit but was busy checking the GPS map
to see how far we were from the shores and forgot to monitor the
distance.

Is this something that would normally be caught during flight planning?
I know you just can't realistically plan for everything.

I haven't done any IFR flight plans yet (still in training) but I
was expecting that I would be asked about problems just like this
by my CFII (I hope so, anyway...).

Thanks again for sharing your trip journal. It was a really great
story to read!


Hai Longworth



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Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Student
Sacramento, CA