Peter R. wrote:

Jay Beckman wrote:

After a few calls from FSS when I forgot to close my VFR flight plan, I
sided with many in this group who advocated only filing a VFR FP when
flying out of radar coverage which, in my case, only applied when I was
flying up to the Adirondack mountains of NY state.

I've filed exactly one VFR flight plan since I got my ticket and that
was only six weeks after I got it. It was my first serious cross
country flight (300+ miles and 3 - 4 hours each way). After that I
decided it wasn't worth it.


In all other cases, I rationalized that flying with flight following in
radar coverage negated the value of a VFR flight plan.

I would agree with that, but now anything over 100 miles I'll file IFR
even on a CAVU day: ATC can terminate your FF, but not your IFR flight
plan.


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