VFR position reporting

Nobody uses the long island reporting service. You ask for and get
flight following, it's much more real-time than the LIRS which the FSS
provides.

Jim Macklin wrote:
The NTSB report states that JFK jr. had no contact with ATC
or radio after departing the local control.

He did not avail the services which were available. That
did not cause the accident, but it does indicate that the
CFIs he used did not teach the use of the Long Island Sound
reporting service.



"Steve Foley" wrote in message
news:JDG8h.5540$d42.2658@trndny07...
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| "Jim Macklin" wrote
in message
| ...
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| I don't think (but I have no actual knowledge - haven't
even checked the
| NTSB site) that Jr used this. From what I recall, his
family reported the
| plane was overdue.
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| Squawking didn't trigger S&R, but it helped locate the
wreckage.
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| 2.
| If contact is lost for more than 15 minutes,
Search
| and Rescue will be alerted.
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|

Robert Chambers wrote:
Nobody uses the long island reporting service. You ask for and get
flight following, it's much more real-time than the LIRS which the FSS
provides.

One note is that they don't always hear you when you take off from
Block Island. I left there one dark night to fly home via Montauk, and
the FSS didn't hear me until I was half-way across. If I did it
again, I'd circle to gain altitude before leaving the island and
crossing the water... for both radio and engine-glide range.

Kev

If you're on BID, call PVD approach and get flight following, you can
talk them on the ground (RCO)120.1 which is a clearance delivery freq
but if you tell them you're headed over to Long Island if they don't
give you a squawk then and there at least they will expect you when you
do call them. PVD approach are about the nicest and most accommodating
approach controllers in the northeast.

Kev wrote:
Robert Chambers wrote:

Nobody uses the long island reporting service. You ask for and get
flight following, it's much more real-time than the LIRS which the FSS
provides.


One note is that they don't always hear you when you take off from
Block Island. I left there one dark night to fly home via Montauk, and
the FSS didn't hear me until I was half-way across. If I did it
again, I'd circle to gain altitude before leaving the island and
crossing the water... for both radio and engine-glide range.

Kev