I'm not so sure about that Ron.  If you already have one on file (IFR w/VFR
altitude) and you're getting flight following, why do you need to have the
VFR FP too?

Danny Miller
N 38° 43' 25.7"
W 77° 30' 38.6"

-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Galbraith [mailto:cfi@instructor.net] Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 7:49 AM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Correction on IFR/VFR flight plans

Filing a vfr flight plan is still very important for search and rescue so
they know what color airplane, how many people, fuel and contact
information.  Ron

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On Jul 27, 2011, at 7:30 AM, Luke Alcorn <lalcorn@natca.net> wrote:

If you still want to activate a Vfr flight plan you would also need to

file a Vfr flight plan and then open and close it with flight service. If
you are on flight following there is really no reason to also do a Vfr
flight plan. If you go down the search and rescue timeline is much better on
flight following than FSS waiting until you are 30 minutes overdue at your
destination and then they start looking. --
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