X-country training flight

"dlevy" wrote in message
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Should I file individual legs? I don't need to land. If I file
individual legs should I let the controller know before the approach that
I'd like to open the next leg at the missed?

Thanks!

When I did a similar thing, I put in the remarks section of the flight plan
PLA (practice low approach) at where ever and this never seemed to be a
problem. Then as the PLA airfield was approached, I just asked for the
appropriate approach with a miss and hold. Usually the approach controllers
just said to let then know when I wanted to move on and they cleared me on
my way.
It seemed really straight forward.

Chris

"dlevy" wrote in message
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Should I file individual legs? I don't need to land. If I file
individual
legs should I let the controller know before the approach that I'd like to
open the next leg at the missed?

I think it depends a lot on how many sectors you're going to be crossing on
the flight. For instance, when I go from BED to do some approaches at MHT
(~40nm) I'll be worked by at least two approach controllers. When I call
800-WX-BRIEF it's a toss-up whether I get Burlington or Bridgeport. The guys
in Burlington usually say, "Oh, just do it as a round robin" and put that
in. Then I get to MHT, and after the first miss, approach goes into a tizzy
trying to figure out what to do next, and would usually end up filing a new
flight plan for us. Bridgeport OTOH would say file two flight plans, and
Manchester approach (now called Boston for some reason) would just give us a
new clearance and squawk after we're done swimming laps in their pool. In
this case what we would do is notify the approach controller when we first
check in after being handed off. "Boston Approach, Cessna 4955D with you at
3000, practice approaches at Manchester then looking for clearance back to
Bedford" or something similar usually did the trick.

OTOH you can go to BED, LWM, and BVY, with the same controller handling you
the whole time, and in this case I've always filed the round-robin and it's
never caused any confusion.

-cwk.