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When filing a VFR flight plan with an intermediate stop, the total elapsed time to be entered is the total

  1. Aelapsed time for all legs including the duration of the intermediate stop.Correct answer
  2. Belapsed time for all legs, plus the intermediate stop, plus 45 minutes.
  3. Cflight time for all legs.
  4. Delapsed time to the first landing plus intermediate stops.

Why this is the answer

Per TC AIM-RAC (Intermediate Stops), for a VFR flight plan with an intermediate stop the total elapsed time entered is the elapsed time for all legs including the duration of the intermediate stop — giving SAR an accurate overdue time across the whole journey.

Reference

TC AIM-RAC – Intermediate stops

Question reproduced verbatim from Transport Canada’s PSTAR Study and Reference Guide (TP 11919E). The answer key is Transport Canada’s; the explanation is ours.

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