Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"Matthew S. Whiting" wrote in message
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Not always, see above. If you are flying into a towered airport, this
is true. Not all IFR flights end at towered airports. I typically
cancelled in the air when flying into N38 or 7N1, however, if the
weather was marginal or if the runway condition was unknown (winter), I
didn't want to cancel until I was on the ground. This required a phone
call. You are saying that if I didn't make this phone call and the last
controller I talked with forgot about me, I could be laying in a ditch
in the snow for hours???



Well, there's a strip in front of him showing that you were cleared for
approach but hadn't yet cancelled IFR to remind him. What would you want to
see done differently?



What happens to the strip when I close my flight plan? What happens to
it if I don't?


Matt