Flight following

Radar Flight Following
Radar flight following is a radar service provided by air-traffic control (ATC) that keeps aircraft in positive radar control throughout the entirety of the flight.

FLIGHT FOLLOWING ATC radar surveillance of VFR flights at pilot request over water or desolate areas. Facilitates search and rescue should it be needed. Service provided only if controller is not too busy with IFR traffic.

FLIGHT FOLLOWING - Air Force idea of formation flying.
GLIDE DISTANCE - Distance from an airplane to the nearest emergency landing field, less one mile.
HYDROPLANE - An airplane designed to land long on a short and wet runway.

FLIGHT FOLLOWING-
(See TRAFFIC ADVISORIES.)
FLIGHT INFORMATION REGION- An airspace of defined dimensions within which Flight Information Service and Alerting Service are provided.

Use VFR "flight following" (in Europe, "Flight Information Service") when practicable.
Always file a flight plan for cross country flights. Avoid deviating from an active flight plan (both IFR and VFR) or from a clearance without notifying ATC.

flight following: See radar advisories, 14.6
flight planning, 2.9, 14.8
flippers, 8.6, 19.9.1
flippers: definition, 7.2.3
flow pattern: definition, 21.5
fluid, 3.6
flutter, 2.13.1
fluttering card, 3.11
fly by the numbers, 2.1 ...

Enhanced flight following
Lighting control and operation
Airport ground vehicle and aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicle operational needs
Altitude height keeping performance measurements
General aviation operations control[1] ...

See also: Pilot, IFR, Speed, Aircraft, Service