Yet another thing I did not know (there are so many), FOX is our legitimate FAA type designator for filing flight plans and such, much cooler than ZZZZ or HXA/B.
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Yet another thing I did not know (there are so many), FOX is our legitimate FAA type designator for filing flight plans and such, much cooler than ZZZZ or HXA/B.
Here is where you can find it.
FAAO JO 7340.2, Contractions - on the FAA website
link is:
http://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/m...sic7340.2A.pdf
Disregard the first part of the document designations for specific air carriers - need to scroll down A LOT....to find the aircraft contractions
Also - be aware that there are 4 "FOX" designations and one "VIX" designation for the vixen. The experimental designations are towards the end of the document.
Our local flight service station gravitated to the "VIX" designation - and probably didn't know about the "FOX" one.
They are a little loose but both work.
I like the "FOX one best....now I can argue responsibly with with FSS......:)
Sincerely,
Dave S
FOX N128DD
Given I have not filed a flight plan in 25 years and I am planning on crossing Canadian airspace I thought I should brush up.
It took some searching and it shows up under both Deny and Skystar and sure enough the filing software I use which will not except bad designators likes FOX.
i regularly fly the orlando, fl. airspace. so when i purchased my ss, john mcbean informed me that FOX would be my designator.
ken
what's a flight plan?
Sly, that was exactly my reaction when I read the requirements for over flying Canada