Flight Following

[Ken Kose]

Hi,

I'm a new private pilot and new to this group. I have a question regarding FF. I plan to fly a direct route which will transit class c airspace. If I call "center" and request FF, will they coordinate my flight through class c, or will they hand me off to class c controllers until I'm clear of their area. Thanks.

Ken

[John Godwin]

Ken Kose > wrote in
:

> I'm a new private pilot and new to this group. I have a question
> regarding FF. I plan to fly a direct route which will transit
> class c airspace. If I call "center" and request FF, will they
> coordinate my flight through class c, or will they hand me off to
> class c controllers until I'm clear of their area. Thanks.

Yes.

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[Karl[_3_]]

It will all depend on any agreements between the Class C controller and the
Center serving the area.

There are three possibilities...
1. They will hand you off to the Class C controller during your transition
(and they will coordinate it)
2. They will have you at an altitude that is above the Class C ceiling, and
nothing is required
3. They may tell you that radar service is terminated and for further flight
following contact xxx approach on a specific frequency.

Most likely would be the first.

Have a good trip!

Karl
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"Ken Kose" > wrote in message
...
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm a new private pilot and new to this group. I have a question
> regarding FF. I plan to fly a direct route which will transit class c
> airspace. If I call "center" and request FF, will they coordinate my
> flight through class c, or will they hand me off to class c controllers
> until I'm clear of their area. Thanks.
>
> Ken
>
>
>
>
> --
> Ken Kose

[Steven P. McNicoll[_2_]]

Ken Kose wrote:
>
> I'm a new private pilot and new to this group. I have a question
> regarding FF. I plan to fly a direct route which will transit class c
> airspace. If I call "center" and request FF, will they coordinate my
> flight through class c, or will they hand me off to class c
> controllers until I'm clear of their area. Thanks.
>

Center will either terminate flight following as you near the boundary
between the center and approach control or hand you off to the approach
control responsible for the Class C airspace. The Class C airspace may be
only twenty miles across, but the airspace delegated to the approach control
in which it's located is probably 60 to 80 miles across.

[Steven P. McNicoll[_2_]]

Karl wrote:
>
> 2. They will have you at an altitude that is above the Class C
> ceiling, and nothing is required
>

Center cannot "have" him at an altitude. He's VFR, they can't assign an
altitude, heading, or route. Even if he was above the Class C ceiling of
his own accord they's either hand him off or terminate him unless he was
also above the approach control ceiling.

[Stubby[_3_]]

On Feb 10, 9:49*pm, Ken Kose > wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm a new private pilot and new to this group. I have a question
> regarding FF. I plan to fly a direct route which will transit class c
> airspace. If I call "center" and request FF, will they coordinate my
> flight through class c, or will they hand me off to class c controllers
> until I'm clear of their area. Thanks.
>
> Ken
>
> --
> Ken Kose

Does it matter? Just do what you're told and all will be fine.

[Ken Kose]

Thanks for all your comments! At least I'm prepared now for the various scenarios that could be presented to me.

Ken

[B A R R Y[_2_]]

Ken Kose wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm a new private pilot and new to this group. I have a question
> regarding FF. I plan to fly a direct route which will transit class c
> airspace. If I call "center" and request FF, will they coordinate my
> flight through class c, or will they hand me off to class c controllers
> until I'm clear of their area. Thanks.

They will either hand you off to the C controllers, or the C folks will
be providing the FF.