Radar vector and flight following

[taynison_girigorie]

What are radar vectors and flight following when do you use them

[BluePanda900]

Check out the tutorial on the infinite flight YouTube.

[taynison_girigorie]

Ok thnx man

[BluePanda900]

Link here…

[Nicholas_L]

Radar vectors allow ATC to give you “directions” to your destination, by instructing altitudes and headings. Flight following is a service only for VFR (non-commercial) aircraft which allows pilots toy their own route, with ATC watching them and keeping an eye out for conflicts. You should never request flight following as a commercial airliner.

[taynison_girigorie]

But why do they dont request an gps or ils approach then? What is the difference?

[anon91505560]

Just watch some infinite flight YouTube videos on that channel they have very good tutorials also if I were you I would just google it 👌

[Juanca]

check out this article

Flight Following / Radar Vectors / ILS approach / Check In What are the differences?

When to request Flight Following / Radar Vectors / Check in / Request ILS approach: There is a lot of confusion about when to use this option: First of all it is important to know that “Flight Following” is not allowed in class A airspace! Class A airspace starts at FL180. Flight following should be only be used when flying VFR and when flying a “general aviation” airplane. You can think of the Cessna 172, 208, and the Cirrus for example. Any airline transport airplane is NOT allowed in re…