http://blog.aopa.org/flighttraining/?p=1250 Wed, 15 May 2013 22:33:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.aopa.org/flighttraining/?p=1250&cpage=1#comment-13152 Jeff Fri, 15 Jun 2012 11:25:18 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/flighttraining/?p=1250#comment-13152 I learned about the assumed departure feature of a VFR flight plan some time back and use it almost every time. I call on my cell when I am in the airplane and ready to crank up. Basically, I moved open-the-flightplan from the climb section of my checklist to the crank section. Waiting until ready to crank means you will be airborne in about 5-10 minutes, so you can give them an accurate open time. Just remember that they will come looking for you if you don’t close, so be sure you are ready to depart. If something goes wrong and you don’t take off or if you have to abort/divert, be absolutely sure to let them know. I had a mag fail during my run-up and called to cancel as soon as I taxied back to the FBO.

]]> http://blog.aopa.org/flighttraining/?p=1250&cpage=1#comment-13045 Sekolah Terbang Mon, 11 Jun 2012 23:28:01 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/flighttraining/?p=1250#comment-13045 I miss the days when you could walk into the FSS and talk to the briefers “live.” The weather charts would be spread out on the walls and under the glass topped counter. We have lost of lot of local information and weather nuance by herding new pilots to the internet.

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