Since most controllers are unlikely to have a clue about the strips' whereabouts, I normally expand mine to read, eg
DEP/SNAKE FARM NR FISHBURN DEST/EGGESFORD RMK/FARM STRIPS Is that acceptable? Gerry Winskill bones wrote:
I saw you on IVAE just before I got dragged by the scruff of my neck to "entertain" our unexpected arrivals. As they didn't depart until after 2300 it just wasn't worth logging on to catch the tail end traffic. Sorry about that folks - I was looking forward to tonight. On the positive side I've obtained a free pass for Thursday so I'll log on at EGNS around 1930/2000. Anyone bored with the TV is welcome to join in. Frank - in IVAE it showed you as flying from X1SF to X5FM (or whatever) but as the codes are not recognised in IVAO the controllers don't have a clue as to what they represent. Could I ask that you also include in your flight plan the farm names you are flying from/to? To do this you just add in the Remarks section the following: DEP/SNAKE FARM DEST/EGGESFORD RMK/FARM STRIPS If you do that it will appear on the flight strips, the flight plan and in IVAE. bones-----Original Message----- *From:* jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *FrankTurley@xxxxxxx *Sent:* 05 September 2007 20:49 *To:* jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx *Subject:* [jhb] Pireps Well there didn't seem to be anything organised tonight, so I did my next farm strip, this time without FS crashing, to Snake Farm.When I finished I checked on the EYe to see Frank at Gloucesterand John at Bristol, sorry if I knew you were going to be there I'd have given you some traffic.Anyway, the point of this posting is that when I finished I triedto fill in a Pirep, but the system told me this had moved to a new address. I followed the links into VAs, finally found JHB in the Isle of Man list, and then went to my record. I clicked on Pireps, but the system told me this had moved to a new address. As Gerry would say, Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!If anyone finds a way out of this please let the rest of us know. Frank T.
