do it online at DUATS.. get an "area briefing".. and make sure you get the
notams for the airports you just might pop into... you would not be
surprised at the number of pilots that show up at airports that have been
closed for airshows.. or do not know a runway is closed by NOTAM.. or even
know the runway numbers... very unprofessional

BT

"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message
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There are days (like today) where the idea is just to fly the airplane.
No specific destination, but if something looks interesting on the ground,
or if I need a Diet Coke or feel the need to unload one, I may land at any
of a dozen nearby airfields... How do you explain this to a FSS briefer?
Here's the discussion I had with the FSS this morning (more or less):

Me to the Briefer: Good Morning, I'll be flying N46KB an Experimental
RV-6 today, VFR. Departing at 9:00 local, returning by 3:00 PM, Flying
over North Georgia and East Alabama. Requesting Standard Briefing...

Briefer: What is your destination and cruise altitude?

Me: I don't really have either one. I'm just going flying.

Briefer: I need an altitude so I can provide winds aloft.

Me: I don't really need winds aloft.

Briefer getting frustrated: But it only takes a second. How about 3 &
6k ft?

Me: I don't really need the information, but go ahead.

Briefer..... Blah, blah, blah at 3 and 6..

Briefer: Also, I need your destination...

And this continued for the next five minutes....

Is there a way to escape this? What I really needed was "VFR projected
over that area all day long, No TFR's or Notams, surface winds out of the
NE 10 knots. Have a nice day."

KB