Run-in with Chicago Center

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 02:21:23 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

At my low-ish altitudes, Green Bay couldn't hand me off to Chicago Center
for flight following, so we were soon on our own, watching the emerald-green
Wisconsin landscape unfold beneath us.

It has been my experience flying thru Chicago's airspace that if you
are VFR and want flight following, you are likely not going to get it.
I have flown thru there many times and 9-10 times while VFR they would
drop me. In fact the few times that I have received flight following
thru thier airspace, I have gotten a comment from the controler that
this must be my lucky day, Chicago has agreed to accept you. I have
always wondered if I should land and buy a lottery ticket when this
does happen.

Scott D.

"Scott D." wrote:

In fact the few times that I have received flight following
thru thier airspace, I have gotten a comment from the controler that
this must be my lucky day, Chicago has agreed to accept you. I have
always wondered if I should land and buy a lottery ticket when this
does happen.

No -- you've already used up all your luck for the next month! :-)

George Patterson
If you want to know God's opinion of money, just look at the people
he gives it to.

I found that an altitude of 7500'MSL right around the ring of class B will
get you flight following. Mostly because this is almost the same altitude
all the heavy metal is at near that point and ATC want to keep an eye on you
then.

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Scott D. wrote in message
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On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 02:21:23 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

At my low-ish altitudes, Green Bay couldn't hand me off to Chicago Center
for flight following, so we were soon on our own, watching the
emerald-green
Wisconsin landscape unfold beneath us.

It has been my experience flying thru Chicago's airspace that if you
are VFR and want flight following, you are likely not going to get it.
I have flown thru there many times and 9-10 times while VFR they would
drop me. In fact the few times that I have received flight following
thru thier airspace, I have gotten a comment from the controler that
this must be my lucky day, Chicago has agreed to accept you. I have
always wondered if I should land and buy a lottery ticket when this
does happen.

Scott D.