Key word: IFR flight plan. VFR pilots/flight plans
probably need to file with Canada for the return....


"Cirrus" wrote in message
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| Morning everyone!
| I'm wondering if I can pick your brains regarding flight
plan filing
| for US/Canada flights. I recently made a trip from Boeing
Field(KBFI)
| up to Victoria BC (CYYJ) to learn about the procedures
involved in
| flying to Canada and back(I'm a U.S pilot based at KBFI).
I took my
| instructor along since it was my first time, since he has
made the trip
| numberous times and had great advice. Soooo... Let's asume
you fly IFR-
| you call up the FSS, file your U.S. Flight plan and make a
great
| landing at Victoria. For the return trip later that day,
is it required
| to file a Canadian Flight plan with their FSS ( I think
they call them
| FICs up there,not sure)? My instructor had me File the
CYYJ to KBFI leg
| at the same time I filed my Flight plan to Canada, so that
it was
| already there waiting for me on Clearance Delivery(I never
had to call
| the FIC). That seems so much easier- Is it OK to file both
flight plans
| in the US?
| FYI, I'm leaving out the customs notification and
procedures, as I take
| care of those seperately. Just wondering about the flight
plan filing.
| Also, I've read the Nav Canada and AOPA websites- they
seem to indicate
| that you must file the Canada international flight plan
for the trip
| back. So,Did I get lucky filing a US flight plan for the
trip back or
| is the FSS just filing ICAO for me and I don't know it?
Anyone with
| experience in this, please give me your thoughts!
| Thanks much!
|
| Jamie
|