flyersfan31
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Well, I'm tackling the ADIZ tomorrow for the first time, heading for Tipton (KFME). I've been studying everything I can. I even took the FAA minicourse online. I still have a few questions. I fly from a non-towered field under a Bravo shelf, so I don't have a ton of experience dealing with ATC.
1) Are comms with Potomac Approach upon opening the DVFR flight plan considered "flight following?" I know you contact them near your entry point to get a squawk code, and monitor the freq, but is that it unless you specifically request flight following? The reason I ask is, if I don't get clearance through Bravo I'll have to do the VFR flyways and I'll be changing altitudes (dropping) as I get closer to KFME. Will I have to notify ATC of altitude changes as I would with flight following?
2) Do you file the DVFR flight plan with your home FSS (in my case Williamsport) or do you file with Leesburg? I'll probably try DUATS, but either way I'd like to know.
3) How hard is it to communicate with Potomac? I usually call in "Beech xxxxx, with request" when I want flight following, but I don't want to be ignored as obvious VFR traffic as often happens with Philly Approach. Or should I expect to circle around north of the ADIZ/ENSUE waiting to get through to them?
4) On the way home -- should I call Potomac after engine run-up, or wait for start up until I get cleared? I understand they usually give tight windows. Do people just sit at the hold-short, engines silent, waiting for the word, then light fires and roll? This may be a local thing, so I'll definitely ask the folks at Tipton for advice too.
Thanks in advance for any input. I can't f#@*in' believe I have to worry about all this. I can't IMAGINE doing flight training inside the ADIZ like several of my friends do.
1) Are comms with Potomac Approach upon opening the DVFR flight plan considered "flight following?" I know you contact them near your entry point to get a squawk code, and monitor the freq, but is that it unless you specifically request flight following? The reason I ask is, if I don't get clearance through Bravo I'll have to do the VFR flyways and I'll be changing altitudes (dropping) as I get closer to KFME. Will I have to notify ATC of altitude changes as I would with flight following?
2) Do you file the DVFR flight plan with your home FSS (in my case Williamsport) or do you file with Leesburg? I'll probably try DUATS, but either way I'd like to know.
3) How hard is it to communicate with Potomac? I usually call in "Beech xxxxx, with request" when I want flight following, but I don't want to be ignored as obvious VFR traffic as often happens with Philly Approach. Or should I expect to circle around north of the ADIZ/ENSUE waiting to get through to them?
4) On the way home -- should I call Potomac after engine run-up, or wait for start up until I get cleared? I understand they usually give tight windows. Do people just sit at the hold-short, engines silent, waiting for the word, then light fires and roll? This may be a local thing, so I'll definitely ask the folks at Tipton for advice too.
Thanks in advance for any input. I can't f#@*in' believe I have to worry about all this. I can't IMAGINE doing flight training inside the ADIZ like several of my friends do.