Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
: ... and a corollary: If one does *NOT* do a popup, but rather files IFR
: and departs VFR, how much of a hassle is it to open said flight plan
: mid-stream? Picking up a flight plan filed with a different FSS for
: departure
: 3 hours earlier is not likely to work and will degenerate into a popup.
:

: Do you mean filing IFR from an untowered field and calling for clearance
: shortly after departure? That usually works quite well as it is actually
: easier for the controller.

I'm primarily used to untowered fields, so the clearance delivery and void
time et al can be kinda a pain. It was the "shortly after departure" that I was
thinking about. Basically, planning to make the trip VFR, but filing an IFR plan in
case the weather's worse than you expected. If you're 2 hours down the road VFR
without having opened your IFR flight plan and you try to open it then and get a
clearance, it's probably been flushed from the system and is as bad as a pop-up.

-Cory

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* Cory Papenfuss *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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