VFR position reporting

Andrew Gideon writes:

Shrug There are a lot of people that seem to be involved in aviation
simulation. There's even this "network" of them where some play pilot
while others play controller. They actually do talk to one another.

Most of them are harmless. Some are going to become pilots; others will
remain forever pretenders.

And many of them are already pilots. Simulation is dramatically
cheaper and simpler than actual flight, and most pilots can afford to
fly only a few hours per month (or year), unless they do it for a
living.

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Viperdoc writes:

I also can't imagine making imaginary calls to ATC and having conversations
with the computer generated voices in MSFS ...

The AI ATC in MSFS does not support position reports (or flight
following), except for a few limited circumstances (such as during an
approach).

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Jay Honeck writes:

There is no requirement to use it, but (especially in busy airspace) we
use flight following religiously.

But isn't busy airspace more likely to turn you down?

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There is no requirement to use it, but (especially in busy airspace) we
use flight following religiously.

But isn't busy airspace more likely to turn you down?

Yes. Most of the time they don't, though.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I have filed perhaps three flight plans in the last few years. I use
flight following. My assumption is that you are in constant contact
with ATC and if a problem developed a quick call alerts them if you
need to land off airport.

Plus I have a 406 MHz PLB (GPS equipped) that provides acual location
to SAR organizations.

Ron Lee

In article .com,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:

There is no requirement to use it, but (especially in busy airspace) we
use flight following religiously.

But isn't busy airspace more likely to turn you down?

Yes. Most of the time they don't, though.

I beg to differ. I fly in the LA basin (my home base is VNY) all the
time and not once in over ten years of flying have I ever been denied
flight following here.

The only time I have been denied flight following was in the middle of
nowhere, returning to LA from Santa Fe. There were thunderstorms and
IFR flights were diverting all over the place.

rg

On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 11:53:35 -0700, Ron Garret wrote:

The only time I have been denied flight following was in the middle of
nowhere, returning to LA from Santa Fe. There were thunderstorms and IFR
flights were diverting all over the place.

Being denied flight following in the NE New Jersey area isn't unheard of,
although it's certainly not common. Something going on (ie. last time
there was a RADAR down somewhere, though not where I was so I didn't grasp
the connection) certainly makes denial more likely.

But mere volume is sufficient, at least for some controllers.

- Andrew

Yes. Most of the time they don't, though.

Jay, are you ready to admit defeat, and cut MX loose, yet?

I'm just wondering. I think you might be a pretty good barometer of the others
in the group that are still answering his questions.

I know you did support him (and still may) but I sure wish we would do like the
simulator group, and start shutting him out.

He will never be a positive contribution to this group, or to general aviation.
--
Jim in NC

How did the sim group shut him out? Please share it with the rest of us so
we can do the same.

Actually I'm going to France next summer- perhaps I should look him up and
give him a stack of old charts and books. Besides, I've never seen a real
live troll before.

Viperdoc wrote:
How did the sim group shut him out? Please share it with the rest of us so
we can do the same.

Actually I'm going to France next summer- perhaps I should look him up and
give him a stack of old charts and books. Besides, I've never seen a real
live troll before.


At least you'll know where to find him... he lives under the bridge.




--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com