Looking for 'Ulitmate' IFR flight form

When I started, I went through the same exercise of looking for a
comprehensive form. What I found was that the blank back side of my printed
DUATS flight plan works for me. I'll write out the "CRAFT" acronym for the
clearance, and just work down the page with necessary info, such as time
off, frequencies, fix crossing times, etc.. I'm pretty busy in the cockpit,
so when I'm give information that needs to be transcribed, I don't have a
lot of time to look across a big form to figure out where it should go.
Also, if I forget the as file route, I just flip the sheet of paper over!

"Cecil E. Chapman" wrote in message
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Has anyone found a REALLY great/comprehensive 'flight form' to use for
their
IFR flying?

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Cecil E. Chapman, Jr.
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Mine are similar, except I also have notations on when I switched from each tank:
LM 45, RM 1:30, LT etc.

Craig Prouse wrote:

"Cecil E. Chapman" wrote:

Has anyone found a REALLY great/comprehensive 'flight form' to use for their
IFR flying?

I've flown IFR four times recently between the SF Bay Area and Portland,
Oregon. Here is a representative reproduction of everything I have written
on my kneeboard at the end of a 4+ hour 500+ NM flight (hand written on a
blank mini legal pad):

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8/22 KHIO CANBY SIX CANBY V23 SAC V334 SJC -D 7000 2115Z

ENI 328@50 5 NM/8000 MSL

HIO *T* 2050Z 340@6 V10 SCT050 21/12 29.96 VIS RWY30

CANBY6 M4K X7K 5 MIN 126.0 6633

OFF 2123

NGF66F

PAO *Q* 0047Z 290@15 FEW040 29.93

FLT 4:27 T 509.0 H 611.5
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That is my filed route, weather briefing, departure ATIS, clearance, time
off, the N number of a NORDO aircraft that I was asked by ATC to help
locate, arrival ATIS, and end-of-flight timestamps.

Not sure what I'd do with a big complex flight planning form.

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--Ray Andraka, P.E.
President, the Andraka Consulting Group, Inc.
401/884-7930 Fax 401/884-7950
email
http://www.andraka.com

"They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little
temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-Benjamin Franklin, 1759

CRAFT works out beautifully... great for clearances, nothing better. More
of what I was looking for was a single sheet where all my nav & com freqs,
etc. were all laid out for easy viewing.

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--
Good Flights!

Cecil E. Chapman, Jr.
PP-ASEL

"We who fly do so for the love of flying.
We are alive in the air with this miracle
that lies in our hands and beneath our feet"

- Cecil Day Lewis-

Check out my personal flying adventures: www.bayareapilot.com
"Brad Z" wrote in message
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When I started, I went through the same exercise of looking for a
comprehensive form. What I found was that the blank back side of my
printed
DUATS flight plan works for me. I'll write out the "CRAFT" acronym for
the
clearance, and just work down the page with necessary info, such as time
off, frequencies, fix crossing times, etc.. I'm pretty busy in the
cockpit,
so when I'm give information that needs to be transcribed, I don't have a
lot of time to look across a big form to figure out where it should go.
Also, if I forget the as file route, I just flip the sheet of paper over!

"Cecil E. Chapman" wrote in message
...
Has anyone found a REALLY great/comprehensive 'flight form' to use for
their
IFR flying?

--
--
Good Flights!

Cecil E. Chapman, Jr.
PP-ASEL

"We who fly do so for the love of flying.
We are alive in the air with this miracle
that lies in our hands and beneath our feet"

- Cecil Day Lewis-

Check out my personal flying adventures: www.bayareapilot.com

On 10/10/03 7:19 PM, in article , "Craig
Prouse" wrote:

"Cecil E. Chapman" wrote:

Has anyone found a REALLY great/comprehensive 'flight form' to use for their
IFR flying?

I've flown IFR four times recently between the SF Bay Area and Portland,
Oregon. Here is a representative reproduction of everything I have written
on my kneeboard at the end of a 4+ hour 500+ NM flight (hand written on a
blank mini legal pad):


I do something similar on a blank sheet but also have the output from
Aeroplanner (or DUATS) to remind me of courses, radio frequencies, and
expected time en route, although now that I'm mostly flying airplanes with
Garmin 430's, ETA and ETE are always available.

You must fly a Cessna, because the single most important item I track on a
long flight is the time I switch fuel tanks.

"Cecil E. Chapman" wrote:
Has anyone found a REALLY great/comprehensive 'flight form' to use
for their
IFR flying?

I made one that fits a standard, letter sized clipboard. It has a
flight plan form and a clearance sequence to fill in plus lots of
blank space. The form is mirror imaged top to bottom. If you print it
on both sides, you get four forms on one piece of paper.

It's an Autocad LT2000 .DWG file. I'll be happy to send it to anyone
who wants to try it.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

I agree that when you're busy, a blank sheet of paper with a CRAFT
reminder is about all that's needed, but for a nav log form, I like the free
forms available on www.faatest.com. Actually I like the VFR one better than
the IFR one, but they deserve a look. It's especially clever the way it's set
up for half size knee-board format. On their website, look under Neat Stuff -
All Products and Freebies.

Mike

In article , "Cecil E. Chapman"
wrote:
CRAFT works out beautifully... great for clearances, nothing better. More
of what I was looking for was a single sheet where all my nav & com freqs,
etc. were all laid out for easy viewing.

"Cecil E. Chapman" wrote in
:

CRAFT works out beautifully... great for clearances, nothing better.
More of what I was looking for was a single sheet where all my nav &
com freqs, etc. were all laid out for easy viewing.


I like this one available free from the AOPA
http://www.aopa.org/asf/flight_plan.pdf

Phil
www.pfactor.com

"Cecil E. Chapman" wrote in message
...
Has anyone found a REALLY great/comprehensive 'flight form' to use for
their
IFR flying?

--A blank Piece of paper and a good checklist customized for the plane you
fly and for the phase of flight i.e.. Departure, level off, cruise, before
descent, approach, missed approach etc...or a simple form with a section for
the filed route on top and columns for course, altitude, frequency, and
report (as in report reaching etc.) these you fill in from top to bottom and
crossthrough upon receiving new freq,hdg, alt etc.Of course if you have GPS
things might be different
Happy Flying R.Wallace CFIAIM
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Good Flights!

Cecil E. Chapman, Jr.
PP-ASEL

"We who fly do so for the love of flying.
We are alive in the air with this miracle
that lies in our hands and beneath our feet"

- Cecil Day Lewis-

Check out my personal flying adventures: www.bayareapilot.com