Which controllers are capable of providing flight following?
Who can I request en-route advisories (flight watch) from? I know that TRACON and ATC centers can provide this, but what about normal tower controllers like KCDW tower with no associated...
View ArticleIs a transponder of any value if it isn’t linked to an encoding altimeter?
We were/are considering buying installing a mode-C transponder on our little ELSA. For three reasons: We might want to fly into some class-C airspace, we might want to use flight following, and...
View ArticleFlight Following
I ask this question because the correct answer needs wide distribution. Scenario – I have plotted my x-country flight in a straight line which takes me through airspace with a control tower in...
View ArticleIs flight following only for cross country flights?
One instructor told me that you would never use flight following on a local flight to the practice area. But on a local flight with a different instructor, I heard him request “VFR traffic advisories”...
View ArticleGiving position reports to controller on Flight Following?
My new instructor told me that on cross country flights with flight following it’s good to give the controller updates on your position as you go. This seemed odd to me because I thought they are...
View ArticleVFR traffic advisories/Flight following question
The only times I’ve used flight following have been on my cross country flights from one airport to another. If I wanted to depart from my home airport, fly somewhere for a little...
View ArticleVFR Clearance Delivery
I’m based at a small airport (KSQL) with no clearance delivery frequency. Thus, whenever I want to go somewhere, I simply tell ground control and get my information from him. However, I’ll soon be...
View ArticleVfr flight following
I am planning a cross country from the fort Atkinson airport (61c) to the Lewis university airport (klot) which would take me right through the Chicago class bravo airspace. Now I could quite easily...
View ArticleVFR Flight Following
Hello. I am looking to fly from KPTK to KOSC. I want to fly with flight following, but am not sure who to contact. I am flying out a class D airport and the opposite direction of Detroit (class B)....
View ArticleFlight following with multiple destinations
I have a couple questions about flight following. I want to land at a few different airports and then return to my starting point. When I initially call up ATC to request it, where do I say my...
View ArticleVFR Flight Following For Multiple Stops/Waypoints/Airports?
I have done 2 dual cross-country flights now and believe I am comfortable with requesting VFR flight following. However, I’ve always request FF directly to my destination airport (ex. “…request FF to...
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