If you ever departed a class B or class C airport VFR, you had flight
following.

I start like this:

Me: Bradley Approach - N6480R request.

Bradley: N6480R - go ahead.

Me: Bradley Approacy - Cherokee 6480R is 5 miles south of Spencer, VFR to
Atlantic City at two thousand, climbing to four thousand five hundred.

Bradley: N6480R - squawk 5236 and ident.

Me: 5236

wait - wait - wait

Bradley: N6480R radar contact 6 miles south of Spencer, altimeter 2996.

Me: 2996

I now have flight following. Now the tough part is listening for when they
call you. You have to be paying attention for your call-sign. At some point
they will instruct you to contact someone else on another frequency, or will
terminate flight following.

I've never been denied flight following, but have been terminated when
moving from one center to another. From what I've been told, the controller
would rather have me on frequency than not.




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Can someone explain to a new pilot (who's never used it!) what flight
following is all about and how to actually get it? Thanks!