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Flight following 101
Receiving VFR traffic advisories

VIDEO EXTRA View

the latest video from
the Air Safety Institute.

FLIGHT FOLLOWING service, provided by air traffic
control on a workload-permitting basis, can offer great
assistance and added safety
to pilots flying VFR crosscountry trips. Not only do
you benefit from extra eyes
in the sky, but ATC will provide advisories about radar
targets that could pose a conflict along your flight path. And, on a long flight alone in the cockpit,
it can be just outright nice to be in contact with another human being.
But you should be aware of some limitations and gotchas that come
along with this great service. For example, how does flight following
work with flights penetrating Class B or C airspace? Are you automatically cleared to enter Class B airspace when receiving flight following?
View the Air Safety Institute’s latest Ask ATC: Flight Following and
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those questions, and to hear air traffic controllers explain what to
watch out for when it comes to other special airspace considerations.

AIR TRAFFIC

controllers talk
with the Air
Safety
Institute’s
Bob Knill
(on right).

Ask ATC segments are made possible by the National Air Traffic Controllers Association.

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