What's the Point of Flight Following

[hoser70]

Trust me Frank, I understand the concept of VFR. The reason I made this post was to be sure I wasn't doing something wrong as it relates to PE.

As a mater of fact as I was scanning out my window I happen to notice an aircraft at my same altitude and he didn't appear to be moving. Thinking back to the "old" days and my instructor pointing out the fact that there was a green light on the left and a red one on the right and the fact that this thing was getting bigger, I figured I better turn or something.

[Heavyflyer767]

Which is why I love the TCAS . Scaleable range. Visual and audible alerts for those times when your eyes are in the plane. Just make sure to run the test feature first. Works well in sim (FSX), even with the drones. PMDG aircraft do this nicely. And the Eaglesoft Citation X ,possibly their other a/c as well.
Frank, you got a pic of that C5? Had some nice views myself of those birds up around Orange County. I laughed one time. The tower at Stewart would not let me depart in a Mooney from an intersection with 7000 ft. Remaining. We had to go to the end.


Pat

[HRutila]

Was flying with VFR flight following from Grissom Air Reserve Base approach controllers this afternoon. No traffic calls were made for the 4-5 aircraft we saw on our flights until the conflicting aircraft were already causing alerts in the radar room to go off. They were very busy today. It's the same deal on PE: If we're busy, we can't call everyone. 1,000 feet of separation will be more than sufficient between VFR in Class E.

[hoser70]

Was flying with VFR flight following from Grissom Air Reserve Base approach controllers this afternoon. No traffic calls were made for the 4-5 aircraft we saw on our flights until the conflicting aircraft were already causing alerts in the radar room to go off. They were very busy today. It's the same deal on PE: If we're busy, we can't call everyone. 1,000 feet of separation will be more than sufficient between VFR in Class E.

I believe this question was answered/resolved two weeks ago, but thanks for response anyway.

[Ryan B]

The only real reason I use FF (on PE) is to avoid busting a D or C airspace.... But let's face it - it's a lot easier to fly IFR on PE hehe! The most challenging is to fly VFR without FF without busting an airspace.

[Nuno Santos]

The most challenging is to fly VFR without FF without busting an airspace.

Yes and that is the reason I sometimes fly VFR without FF, it makes me look at the charts more often, tune VORs and follow radials, it gives me better understanding of the airspace and keeps my situational awareness at its maximum.