Forgot to close flight plan

"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
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In a previous article, kat said:
flight plan (flight school) and figured out i had forgotten. i now have
a piece of paper with "Close Flightplan" written on it that i stick
onto my steering wheel before i go flying. it has saved me from
forgetting about 4 times...

I file IFR now. That way somebody else closes it.

Hah! You would think so, but I, um, have a friend who has forgotten to close
his IFR flight plan after flying into an uncontrolled field that is out of
radio contact with ATC. :-)

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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Hah! You would think so, but I, um, have a friend who has forgotten
to close his IFR flight plan after flying into an uncontrolled field that
is
out of radio contact with ATC. :-)


Why would one think that someone else would close the flight plan?

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
news

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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Hah! You would think so, but I, um, have a friend who has forgotten
to close his IFR flight plan after flying into an uncontrolled field
that
is
out of radio contact with ATC. :-)


Why would one think that someone else would close the flight plan?



I don't know why Mr. Tomblin thought that, but my 'friend' simply forgot.

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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I don't know why Mr. Tomblin thought that, but my 'friend' simply forgot.


Mr. Tomblin said he files IFR because somebody else closes the flight plan
that way, it was you that wrote; "Hah! You would think so, ..."

if you are IFR and complete an IFR approach to a "towered" filed, when the
tower is open, the TOWER automatically cancels your IFR when you taxi clear
of the runway

BT

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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I don't know why Mr. Tomblin thought that, but my 'friend' simply
forgot.


Mr. Tomblin said he files IFR because somebody else closes the flight plan
that way, it was you that wrote; "Hah! You would think so, ..."

"BTIZ" wrote in message
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if you are IFR and complete an IFR approach to a "towered" filed,
when the tower is open, the TOWER automatically cancels your
IFR when you taxi clear of the runway


If you are IFR and complete an IFR approach to a "towered" filed, when the
tower is open, the tower does nothing with regard to your IFR when you taxi
clear of the runway.

Mr. Tomblin said he files IFR because somebody else closes the flight plan
that way. Most fields do not have control towers.

In a previous article, "Steven P. McNicoll" said:
Mr. Tomblin said he files IFR because somebody else closes the flight plan
that way. Most fields do not have control towers.

The ones I fly IFR to almost all do. And when I'm flying into
podunk-ville, so far the approach controller giving me a phone number is
sufficient memory prod that I haven't failed to call on my cell phone
while taxing to the tie downs.


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If you are IFR and complete an IFR approach to a "towered" filed, when the
tower is open, the tower does nothing with regard to your IFR when you taxi
clear of the runway.


in the US, IFR flight plans are closed automatically sometime after the flight
is completed, when the flight is completed at a towered airport when the tower
is open.

How does this happen? (real question)

Jose

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