More questions on VFR flight following.

On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:58:12 +0100, Mxsmanic
wrote in :

Tman writes:

OK, if i call up approach when airborne and ask for VFR flight following,
they'll want to know where I'm going.

Why?

ATC wants to know the destination, so that they can arrange for
transition through intervening terminal airspace and SU airspace, and
so that they can terminate Radar Traffic Advisory Service at the
appropriate point.

"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
...

ATC wants to know the destination, so that they can arrange for
transition through intervening terminal airspace and SU airspace, and
so that they can terminate Radar Traffic Advisory Service at the
appropriate point.


Transit through active SUA tends to defeat the purpose of establishing SUA.
VFR aircraft can transit MOAs and MTRs but there is nothing to arrange.

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:


Transit through active SUA tends to defeat the purpose of establishing SUA.
VFR aircraft can transit MOAs and MTRs but there is nothing to arrange.


We've got a bunch of R areas here that the local approach control will
offer to arrange transit through if possible even when it is hot.
Margy even wrangled a transit through the coastal North Carolina
areas between Wilmington and Hatteras (although we worked out the
details on the ground before calling them up in the air when
we were coming through. We had to hold for about 2 minutes while
they safetied things so we could bring the Navions through.

"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
...
Steven P. McNicoll wrote:


Transit through active SUA tends to defeat the purpose of establishing
SUA. VFR aircraft can transit MOAs and MTRs but there is nothing to
arrange.

We've got a bunch of R areas here that the local approach control will
offer to arrange transit through if possible even when it is hot.
Margy even wrangled a transit through the coastal North Carolina
areas between Wilmington and Hatteras (although we worked out the
details on the ground before calling them up in the air when
we were coming through. We had to hold for about 2 minutes while
they safetied things so we could bring the Navions through.


That's swell, but safetying things so you can bring the Navions through
defeats the purpose of establishing the restricted areas.

Mxsmanic wrote in
:

Tman writes:

OK, if i call up approach when airborne and ask for VFR flight
following, they'll want to know where I'm going.

Why?


Why do you want to know?


Bertie

Mxsmanic wrote:
Tman writes:

OK, if i call up approach when airborne and ask for VFR flight following,
they'll want to know where I'm going.

Why?

Could this imply that MFS doesn't accurately simulate VFR flight?

What a surprise.


--
Jim Pennino

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Could this imply that MFS doesn't accurately simulate VFR flight?

I use VATSIM for flight following, not MSFS.

Mxsmanic wrote:
writes:

Could this imply that MFS doesn't accurately simulate VFR flight?

I use VATSIM for flight following, not MSFS.

So if it is an accurate simulation you should already know the answer.


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Jim Pennino

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So if it is an accurate simulation you should already know the answer.

The answer, based on simulation, is that you are simply given a unique
transponder code and told when you are identified on radar. Thereafter, not
much unless you enter controlled airspace, except for occasional advisories.

Mxsmanic wrote in
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writes:

Could this imply that MFS doesn't accurately simulate VFR flight?

I use VATSIM for flight following, not MSFS.


Wrong

You don't fly.

Bertie