On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 22:12:54 -0400, vincent p. norris wrote:

That applies to Canadian VFR flight plans as well -- they are opened
automatically unless you cancel them.

On several trips through Canada to Alaska, we would receive a radio
call from the wx briefer after we took off, saying our flight plan
had been opened.

He wouldn't have opened it, would he, had we not taken off?

Yes, it will be automatically opened at the estimated departure time. I had
this happen to me, when i was delayed on the ground at CYEE, and was unable
to contact the Canadian FSS. By the time I finally got airborne, when I
established contact, they were just about ready to start SAR procedures.


Were you speaking of airports without wx briefers? (E.g., on landing
at Stephenville, a field at the western edge of Newfoundland, we
discovered the voice we were talking to belonged to a guy in St.
John's. Obviously he'd have trouble seeing us take off.)

vince norris