Departure Question

On 01/10/09 01:34, VOR-DME wrote:
Thanks to all for previous helpful replies.
Here's a departure question. (Those who do not fly real airplanes under
IFR need not feel compelled to reply):

I'm departing a non-towered field IFR, let's stay East Coast, and say
Bennington (KDDH), departing eastbound. There is a published departure
proceedure, for obstacle (read mountain) clearance. Under Part 91, I am
not required to follow this proceedure, but due to mountain obscuration I
may wish to do so. What do I put in my flight plan, or in my
communication via the local GCO to indicate whether I intend to return to
the Cambridge VORTAC or not? Albany approach may have other IFR traffic
coming into Bennington, so they will want to know if I am backtracking to
CAM or not.

Thanks in advance . . .


When you file your IFR flight plan, you should state that you intend
to fly the ODP (by placing it in the plan, as in ODP.Transition, Fix,
Fix, ... Destination).

When you get your clearance, you will be told what to do once you
enter controlled airspace.

Note that I haven't looked at the specific ODP you plan to use, so
if you think I'm missing something, please let me know.


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Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Airplane, USUA Ultralight Pilot
Cal Aggie Flying Farmers
Sacramento, CA