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![]() There are days (like today) where the idea is just to fly the airplane. No specific destination, but if something looks interesting on the ground, or if I need a Diet Coke or feel the need to unload one, I may land at any of a dozen nearby airfields... How do you explain this to a FSS briefer? Here's the discussion I had with the FSS this morning (more or less): Me to the Briefer: Good Morning, I'll be flying N46KB an Experimental RV-6 today, VFR. Departing at 9:00 local, returning by 3:00 PM, Flying over North Georgia and East Alabama. Requesting Standard Briefing... Briefer: What is your destination and cruise altitude? Me: I don't really have either one. I'm just going flying. Briefer: I need an altitude so I can provide winds aloft. Me: I don't really need winds aloft. Briefer getting frustrated: But it only takes a second. How about 3 & 6k ft? Me: I don't really need the information, but go ahead. Briefer..... Blah, blah, blah at 3 and 6.. Briefer: Also, I need your destination... And this continued for the next five minutes.... Is there a way to escape this? What I really needed was "VFR projected over that area all day long, No TFR's or Notams, surface winds out of the NE 10 knots. Have a nice day." KB |
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