Flight plan and aircraft equipment

"Happy Dog" wrote in message
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Unless you're in controlled airspace.


You mean a center might assign me some route while I'm operating VFR in
Class E airspace?

Happy Dog wrote:


You're VFR, you won't be routed anywhere.


Unless you're in controlled airspace.

Only in class B will you be given a vector. Being in controlled
airspace is irrelavant.

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So am I allowed to say /G when flying VFR when using the AM1000? I know
the reason for telling them is so they know you can accept direct routing.
For this scenario the AM1000 would work just fine, but in the AIM it says
something about "En Route and Terminal Capabilities" next to the /G
description.


Accept direct routing? If you're interested in this only for VFR flight
plans and flight following then there's nobody to assign you any routing.

The flight plan form is really set up for IFR. Technically, you should
not use the /G unless it is an IFR GPS. It would however be a good idea
to add it to the remarks section.

The ATC controllers never see a VFR flight plan so it doesn't matter for
them. The VFR flight plan stays with FSS strictly for use in search and
rescue. Adding the GPS to the remarks section will help rescuers narrow
down your probable course if they need to go look for you.

Helen