X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 07:49:05 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mailout-us.mail.com ([74.208.122.35] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.0) with SMTP id 5065087 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:10:39 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=74.208.122.35; envelope-from=cfi@instructor.net Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 27 Jul 2011 13:10:04 -0000 Received: from mobile-166-137-137-062.mycingular.net (EHLO [10.46.123.117]) [166.137.137.62] by mail.gmx.com (mp-us010) with SMTP; 27 Jul 2011 09:10:04 -0400 X-Authenticated: #73491717 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/iwPcM+3ziJCkQcyjnXOcOx2e9Yb4RkaqcfoM17F O3/pPwr7z+q8E7 Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Correction on IFR/VFR flight plans References: From: Ron Galbraith Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (8J2) In-Reply-To: X-Original-Message-Id: <1D8387FC-3D7B-4F06-9BFA-75F2982BC1F6@instructor.net> X-Original-Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 08:09:58 -0500 X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPhone Mail 8J2) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Filing a vfr flight plan is still very important for search and rescue so th= ey know what color airplane, how many people, fuel and contact information. = =20 Ron Sent from my iPhone On Jul 27, 2011, at 7:30 AM, Luke Alcorn wrote: > If you still want to activate a Vfr flight plan you would also need to fil= e a Vfr flight plan and then open and close it with flight service. If you a= re on flight following there is really no reason to also do a Vfr flight pla= n. If you go down the search and rescue timeline is much better on flight fo= llowing than FSS waiting until you are 30 minutes overdue at your destinatio= n and then they start looking.=20