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VFR position reporting
Viperdoc wrote: How did the sim group shut him out? Please share it with the rest of us so we can do the same. Will you complainers please just killfile him, and stop wasting everyone else's time with your useles responses? At least his postings are on topic and inoffensive in comparison. I'm sure that, when in person and not hidden behind a fake name, you're actually a friendly fellow and wouldn't act such. Thanks. |
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VFR position reporting
His postings are not on topic, and in fact quite offensive. Actually, my
first name is Jim, and although I consider myself a friendly fellow, I have little tolerance for fools and people who argue simply for the sake of arguing. He wouldn't last 30seconds in a conversation or disagreement with real pilots. However, my main computer is now being fixed, and he will duly be killfiled on my backup immediately. |
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Mxsmanic wrote:
I'm still not clear on the exact procedure for position reports if you are flying VFR over long distances without flight following. To whom do you report your position, and what information should it include? Which positions do you report and how often? Sometimes when flying near untowered airports I will report my position relative to the airfield on the CTAF. If by some chance (rare) I am near the pattern altitude when passing by I think it a good idea to advise inbound & traffic in the pattern. |
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"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net wrote in message ... "Mxsmanic" wrote in message Some how your thought on my flying skills concern me not in the least. I saw this article the other day and thought about you. http://flighttraining.aopa.org/membe...icles/3582.cfm Since I'm not a member, there's no point in giving me a link. Sorry He should get a simulated subscription to AOPA. |
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"Mxsmanic" wrote in message ... 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. You are right there are many real pilots that use sim and that inhabit the flight sim newsgroups. Why don't you head back over there and leave us alone? |
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VFR position reporting
Having a transponder squawking 1200 does very little toward
S&R. It allows ATC to advise IFR traffic that there is a VFR aircraft in their area at some unconfirmed altitude. Unless the aircraft contacts ATC and gets a discrete squawk code, tracking of the aircraft will be a remote S&R assist. VFR aircraft flying away from populated areas, a requirement in Canada, should file a VFR flight plan because that will trigger a S&R if the aircraft becomes over-due. Understand, that unless you make a radio report of trouble or have a working ELT, S&R begins with a communications search. Actually looking in the wide open spaces may not begin for 24 hours after the plane is over due. That is reasons for enhanced services such as flight following, and special hazardous area reporting over water and mountains. Talk to people on the radio, that's what the radio is for. "T o d d P a t t i s t" wrote in message ... | "Kev" wrote: | | Will you complainers please just killfile him, and stop wasting | everyone else's time with your useles responses? | | I completely agree - if you don't want to answer his | questions - then don't. He asked a question about position | reporting. It's a valid question and a good topic for | discussion. It's the type of question a student who had | studied lots of books, but had not yet done much flying | would ask. It's exactly the type of question that seldom | gets asked because it's advanced enough that beginners don't | know to ask it, and by the time the student pilot might ask | it, he already knows about flight plans and transponders, so | doesn't. | | The AIM recommends VFR position reports, yet few use them. | Why? If you are going cross country in a transponderless | Champ, then filing a VFR flight plan and using position | reports is a good idea. | | Here's what the AIM says: | "To maintain IFR proficiency, pilots are urged to | practice IFR procedures whenever possible, even when | operating VFR. Some suggested practices include:.... Make | accurate and frequent position reports to the FSSs along | your route of flight." | ... | "Although position reports are not required for VFR | flight plans, periodic reports to FAA FSSs along the route | are good practice. Such contacts permit significant | information to be passed to the transiting aircraft and also | serve to check the progress of the flight should it be | necessary for any reason to locate the aircraft." | | -- | Rule books are paper - they will not cushion a sudden meeting of stone and metal. | | - Ernest K. Gann, 'Fate is the Hunter.' |
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"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
... Having a transponder squawking 1200 does very little toward S&R. Isn't that how they located JFK Jr's plane? It's better to squawk 1200 than not squawk. Talk to people on the radio, that's what the radio is for. Yup. |
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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. Well, Jim, I find MX much less aggravating then some of the regular posters here. Even when he disagrees, at least he keeps a civil tongue in his head, which is more than I can say for many of the "real" pilots who grace this group with their presence. I don't pretend to understand why some of you guys get so worked up about his questions -- there's nothing wrong with asking about VFR position reporting. I'll bet there are 400 pilot wannabee lurkers who read his posts with relish, glad that he's got the balls to ask the "stupid questions" that no one else will ask, for fear of getting verbally castrated. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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If you have a transponder you are required to squawk and
also use Mode C [altitude] if you have that too. It is required in some airspace, such as the NYC area. But you need a flight plan to trigger S&R or be talking to Radio. JFK jr was probably using... Hazardous Area Reporting Service 4-1-20. Hazardous Area Reporting Service a. Selected FSSs provide flight monitoring where regularly traveled VFR routes cross large bodies of water, swamps, and mountains. This service is provided for the purpose of expeditiously alerting Search and Rescue facilities when required. (See FIG 4-1-3.) 1. When requesting the service either in person, by telephone or by radio, pilots should be prepared to give the following information: type of aircraft, altitude, indicated airspeed, present position, route of flight, heading. 2. Radio contacts are desired at least every 10 minutes. If contact is lost for more than 15 minutes, Search and Rescue will be alerted. Pilots are responsible for canceling their request for service when they are outside the service area boundary. Pilots experiencing two-way radio failure are expected to land as soon as practicable and cancel their request for the service. FIG 4-1-3 depicts the areas and the FSS facilities involved in this program. b. Long Island Sound Reporting Service. The New York and Bridgeport AFSSs provide Long Island Sound Reporting service on request for aircraft traversing Long Island Sound. 1. When requesting the service, pilots should ask for SOUND REPORTING SERVICE and should be prepared to provide the following appropriate information: (a) Type and color of aircraft; (b) The specific route and altitude across the sound including the shore crossing point; (c) The overwater crossing time; (d) Number of persons on board; and (e) True air speed. 2. Radio contacts are desired at least every 10 minutes; however, for flights of shorter duration a midsound report is requested. If contact is lost for more than 15 minutes Search and Rescue will be alerted. Pilots are responsible for canceling their request for the Long Island Sound Reporting Service when outside the service area boundary. Aircraft experiencing radio failure will be expected to land as soon as practicable and cancel their request for the service. 3. Communications. Primary communications - pilots are to transmit on 122.1 MHz and listen on one of the following VOR frequencies: (a) New York AFSS Controls: (1) Hampton RCO (FSS transmits and receives on 122.6 MHz). (2) Calverton VOR (FSS transmits on 117.2 and receives on standard FSS frequencies). (3) Kennedy VORTAC (FSS transmits on 115.9 and receives on 122.1 MHz). (b) Bridgeport AFSS Controls: (1) Madison VORTAC (FSS transmits on 110.4 and receives on 122.1 MHz). (2) Groton VOR (FSS transmits on 110.85 and receives on 122.1 MHz). (3) Bridgeport VOR (FSS transmits on 108.8 and receives on 122.1 MHz). c. Block Island Reporting Service. Within the Long Island Reporting Service, the New York FSS also provides an additional service for aircraft operating between Montauk Point and Block Island. When requesting this service, pilots should ask for BLOCK ISLAND REPORTING SERVICE and should be prepared to provide the same flight information as required for the Long Island Sound Reporting Service. 1. A minimum of three position reports are mandatory for this service; these a (a) Reporting leaving either Montauk Point or Block Island. (b) Midway report. (c) Report when over either Montauk Point or Block Island. At this time, the overwater service is canceled. 2. Communications. Pilots are to transmit and receive on 122.6 MHz. NOTE- Pilots are advised that 122.6 MHz is a remote receiver located at the Hampton VORTAC site and designed to provide radio coverage between Hampton and Block Island. Flights proceeding beyond Block Island may contact the Bridgeport AFSS by transmitting on 122.1 MHz and listening on Groton VOR frequency 110.85 MHz. d. Cape Cod and Islands Radar Overwater Flight Following. In addition to normal VFR radar advisory services, traffic permitting, Cape Approach Control provides a radar overwater flight following service for aircraft traversing the Cape Cod and adjacent Island area. Pilots desiring this service may contact Cape RAPCON on 118.2 MHz. 1. Pilots requesting this service should be prepared to give the following information: (a) Type and color of aircraft; (b) Altitude; (c) Position and heading; (d) Route of flight; and (e) True airspeed. 2. For best radar coverage, pilots are encouraged to fly at 1,500 feet MSL or above. 3. Pilots are responsible for canceling their request for overwater flight following when they are over the mainland and/or outside the service area boundary. e. Lake Reporting Service. Cleveland and Lansing AFSSs provide Lake Reporting Service on request for aircraft traversing the western half of Lake Erie; Green Bay, Kankakee, Lansing, and Terre Haute AFSSs provide Lake Reporting Service on request for aircraft traversing Lake Michigan. 1. When requesting the service, pilots should ask for LAKE REPORTING SERVICE. 2. Pilots not on a VFR flight plan should be prepared to provide all information that is normally provided for a complete VFR flight plan. 3. Pilots already on a VFR flight plan should be prepared to provide the following information: (a) Aircraft or flight identification. (b) Type of aircraft. (c) Near-shore crossing point or last fix before crossing. (d) Proposed time over near-shore crossing point or last fix before crossing. (e) Proposed altitude. (f) Proposed route of flight. (g) Estimated time over water. (h) Next landing point. (i) AFSS/FSS having complete VFR flight plan information. 4. Radio contacts must not exceed 10 minutes when pilots fly at an altitude that affords continuous communications. If radio contact is lost for more than 15 minutes (5 minutes after a scheduled reporting time), Search and Rescue (SAR) will be alerted. 5. The estimated time for crossing the far shore will be the scheduled reporting time for aircraft that fly at an altitude that does not afford continuous communication coverage while crossing the lake. If radio contact is not established within 5 minutes of that time, SAR will be alerted. 6. Pilots are responsible for canceling their request for Lake Reporting Service when outside the service area boundary. Aircraft experiencing radio failure will be expected to land as soon as practicable and cancel their Lake Reporting Service flight plan. 7. Communications. Primary communications - Pilots should communicate with the following facilities on the indicated frequencies: (a) Cleveland AFSS Controls: (1) Cleveland RCO (FSS transmits and receives on 122.35 or 122.55 MHz). (2) Sandusky VOR (FSS transmits on 109.2 and receives on 122.1 MHz). (b) Green Bay AFSS Controls: (1) Escanaba VORTAC (FSS transmits on 110.8 and receives on 122.1 MHz). (2) Green Bay RCO (FSS transmits and receives on 122.55 MHz). (3) Manistique RCO (FSS transmits and receives on 122.25 MHz). (4) Manitowoc VOR (FSS transmits on 111.0 and receives on 122.1 MHz). (5) Menominee VOR (FSS transmits on 109.6 and receives on 122.1 MHz). (6) Milwaukee RCO (FSS transmits and receives on 122.65 MHz). (7) Falls VOR (FSS transmits on 110.0 and receives on 122.1 MHz). (c) Kankakee AFSS Controls: (1) Chicago Heights VORTAC (FSS transmits on 114.2 and receives on 122.1 MHz). (2) Meigs RCO (FSS transmits and receives on 122.15 MHz). (3) Waukegan RCO (FSS transmits and receives on 122.55 MHz). (d) Lansing AFSS Controls: (1) Lake Erie. Detroit City RCO (FSS transmits and receives on 122.55 MHz). (2) Lake Michigan: [d] Keeler VORTAC (FSS transmits on 116.6 and receives on 122.1 MHz). [e] Ludington RCO (FSS transmits and receives on 122.45 MHz). [f] Manistee VORTAC (FSS transmits on 111.4 and receives on 122.1 MHz). [g] Muskegon RCO (FSS transmits and receives on 122.5 MHz). [h] Pellston RCO (FSS transmits and receives on 122.3 MHz). [i] Pullman VORTAC (FSS transmits on 112.1 and receives on 122.1 MHz). [j] Traverse City RCO (FSS transmits and receives on 122.65 MHz). (e) Terre Haute AFSS Controls. South Bend RCO (FSS transmits and receives on 122.6 MHz). f. Everglades Reporting Service. This service is offered by Miami Automated International Flight Service Station (MIA AIFSS), in extreme southern Florida. The service is provided to aircraft crossing the Florida Everglades, between Lee County (Ft. Myers, FL) VORTAC (RSW) on the northwest side, and Dolphin (Miami, FL) VOR (DHP) on the southeast side. 1. The pilot must request the service from Miami AIFSS. 2. MIA AIFSS frequency information, 122.2, 122.3, and 122.65. 3. The pilot must file a VFR flight plan with the remark: ERS. 4. The pilot must maintain 2000 feet of altitude. 5. The pilot must make position reports every ten (10) minutes. SAR begins fifteen (15) minutes after position report is not made on time. 6. The pilot is expected to land as soon as is practical, in the event of two-way radio failure, and advise MIA AIFSS that the service is terminated. 7. The pilot must notify Miami AIFSS when the flight plan is cancelled or the service is suspended. "Steve Foley" wrote in message news:%JE8h.2135$gJ1.1662@trndny09... | "Jim Macklin" wrote in message | ... | Having a transponder squawking 1200 does very little toward | S&R. | | Isn't that how they located JFK Jr's plane? | | It's better to squawk 1200 than not squawk. | | Talk to people on the radio, that's what the radio is for. | | Yup. | | | |
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Agreed, the service is there to save pilots and passenger
lives. "T o d d P a t t i s t" wrote in message news | "Jim Macklin" wrote: | | Having a transponder squawking 1200 does very little toward | S&R. | | Jim, was this in response to me? If so, you misunderstood | me. My comment about the lack of a transponder is that it's | hard to get flight following without one - not that having | one and squawking 1200 is some kind of substitute for FF. | Because FF is often not available when you are /X, one | should be familiar with and use the other tools, like flight | plans, position reports, special hazardous area reporting | services, etc. that are available with only a radio. | | -- | Rule books are paper - they will not cushion a sudden meeting of stone and metal. | | - Ernest K. Gann, 'Fate is the Hunter.' |
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