FAA Form 7233-1

Flight Planning Forms on FAA website

• 7233-1 Flight Plan
• 7233-4 International Flight Plan [FAA link broken as of 08/23/2012]

You can also get a copy from here:

faa7233-1.pdf

Chapter 3. Pilot Briefing

Section 1. General

http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/FSS/FSS_0301.html

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                   1-800-WX-BRIEF (1-800-992-7433) [press 1]

    "I'd like a STANDARD BRIEFING."

    "I have flight service information _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _."

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They will ask you for the information on the FAA7233-1 form, pretty much in the order it appears.

Later get an ABBREVIATED BRIEFING, to see if conditions have changed (or earlier an OUTLOOK BRIEFING if deparure time is 6 or more hours away).

"Yes, Sir, Thank you, Sir." -- your conversation is being recorded!

DAY LIGHT SAVINGS

        Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

                    In PST-land, day light savings time makes it
                          -7 instead of -8. PST-8 = UTC

CONVERTING ZULU TIME TO LOCAL TIME

• Converting Zulu time to local time

Daylight Saving Time begins for most of the United States at 2:00 a.m. on the first Sunday of April. Time reverts to standard time at 2:00 a.m. on the last Sunday of October. In the U.S., each time zone switches at a different time.