KOLLIN STAGNITO'S ARTICLE "Follow Me" in the September/ October Flight Training is a good one and I'm using it in teaching my students. It was a great example of knowing when to quit and spend a night in a hotel waiting out weather. But Stagnito said he only files a flight plan "where terrain or weather conditions present an increased level of risk." I ask my students, "Why not file every time you fly?" I do, even if I stay in the pattern. A flight plan ensures that someone will know where and when to start looking for me if I don't make it home to close my flight plan.
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