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• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 5-1-18
  Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 1. Preflight › 5-1-15. Canceling IFR Flight Plan

  Closing VFR/DVFR Flight Plans A pilot is responsible for ensuring that his/her VFR or DVFR flight plan is canceled. You should close your flight plan with the nearest FSS, or if one is not available, you may request ... facility to relay your cancellation to the FSS. Control towers do not automatically close VFR or DVFR flight plans since they do not know if a particular VFR aircraft is on a flight plan. If you fail to report…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 5-1-16
  Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 1. Preflight › 5-1-9. Single Flights Conducted With Both VFR and IFR Flight Plans

  Single Flights Conducted With Both VFR and IFR Flight Plans a. Flight plans which combine VFR operation on an active VFR flight plan for one portion of a flight, and IFR for another portion, sometimes known as a composite flight ... plan, cannot be accepted or processed by current en route automation systems. b. Pilots are free to operate VFR in VFR conditions prior to accepting an IFR clearance from the appropriate control facility, or may cancel an IFR clearance…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 5-1-10
  Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 1. Preflight › 5-1-5. Flight Plan - VFR Flights

  Pilots may take advantage of advances in technology by filing their flight plans using any available electronic means. Activating the flight plan will ensure that you receive VFR Search and Rescue services. c. When a stopover flight is anticipated ... recommended that a separate flight plan be filed for each leg of the flight. d. Pilots are encouraged to activate their VFR flight plans with Flight Service by the most expeditious means possible. This may be via radio or other…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 2-14
  Chapter 2: Aeronautical Decision-Making › The Decision-Making Process › The Plan

  Plan The “Plan” can also be called the mission or the task. It contains the basic elements of cross-country planning, weather, route, fuel, publications currency, etc. The “Plan” should be reviewed and updated several times during the course ... delayed takeoff due to maintenance, fast moving weather, and a short notice TFR may all radically alter the plan. The “plan” is not only about the flight plan, but also all the events that surround the flight and allow…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 5-1-1
  Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 1. Preflight › 5-1-1. Preflight Preparation

  vital to the nature of the flight, assess whether the flight would be safe, and then file a flight plan. Pilots can receive a regulatory compliant briefing without contacting Flight Service. Pilots are encouraged to use automated resources and review ... CONUS, Hawaii, and U.S. territories; or 1–833–AK–BRIEF (1-833-252-7433) in Alaska. Flight planning applications are also available for conducting a self-briefing and filing flight plans. NOTE-Alaska only: Pilots filing flight plans via “fast…

• Aviation Instructor's Handbookp. 1-17
  Chapter 1: Risk Management and Single-Pilot Resource Management › SRM and the 5P Check › The Plan

  Plan The plan can also be called the mission or the task. It contains the basic elements of cross-country planning, weather, route, fuel, publications currency, etc. The plan should be reviewed and updated several times during the course ... maintenance, fast moving weather, and a short notice temporary flight restriction (TFR) may all radically alter the plan. The plan is not only about the flight plan, but also all the events that surround the flight and allow the pilot…