Here one can provide all information concerning safety and security of the flight as well as details helpful during search and rescue mission. (a) “E/” and 4 figure group indicates the fuel endurance in hours and minutes. Example: E/0430 (b) “P/” allows insertion of the total number of people (passengers and crew) on board. If…
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OTHER INFORMATION
This item is for all other additional, important or helpful informations (not all are presented here; only those mostly used by GA pilots). “DEP/” followed by the name of the departure airport or bearing and distance to navaid/navigation point closest to departure point (if no designator is assigned and “ZZZZ” is inserted in item 13).…
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CRUISING SPEED, ALTITUDE/LEVEL AND ROUTE
This is the most complex item. It contains very important information from the point of view of ATS therefore a careful and correct filling of this field is required. Mistakes in this field may be an indirect reason for such hazardous occurences as airspace infringement. In item 15 insert: a) the first cruising speed as…
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DESTINATION AERODROME, TOTAL ESTIMATED ELAPSED TIME AND ALTERNATE AERODROME(S)
(a) Destination aerodrome and total estimated elapsed time (10 characters maximum) Insert the ICAO 4-letter location indicator of the destination aerodrome followed by the total estimated elapsed time of your flight (NOT the planned time of landing). Insert “ZZZZ” followed, without a space, by the total estimated elapsed time, and specify the aerodrome name in…
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