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Originally Posted by IO540
If one can do a popup clearance and then fly around IFR for hours, I'd be interested in knowing how it works. Not saying it can't be done, but it won't make one very popular
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Yes, you can do it with the phrase "I wish to file an airborne flight plan". A Google search for that phrase should give you the details. In the UK I guess you'll usually get passed to London Information to take the details. I've only needed to use it once myself when a Z flight plan went missing on a flight from Sicily to Corsica and the controller insisted there was nothing in the system. Having already taken off VFR and flown a fair distance from the departure airfield, I filed a new airborne flight plan with the Sicilian sector controller. You're right - it's a long winded process and doesn't make the controller's day.