(Flight Service) & (Flight Information Service) provided by Air Traffic Services (Flight Service Officers) who USED to give FIS to ALL radio equipped aircraft - operating OCTA
(In WA anyway....the rest of OZ had long gone...)
(That's Outside Controlled Airspace) to the 'uninitiated' -
And - a "Special' service to those operating into / out of or in 'near proximity' to those AD's designated 'AFIZ'.
Ahh, the good old days where one could walk into an Office and actually get a printed forecast of the weather along your flight path, and also fill out a Flight plan, handing it to a real live Person who would cast his/her eagle eye over it
. And woe betide you if you had made a mistake in any calculations!!
When lodging a Full Reporting Flight Plan was expected, even if flying a private flight under the VFR rules, and NoSar-no details was considered very poor airmanship!
Putting in an IFR plan was so flamin' easy an' all!
Just fill out the same form and circle I which was just to the left of the V.
.
Still have a couple of pads of Flight Plan forms. One, has 'Stolen from Ceduna FSU' written on it!
G'day
Griffo.