Originally Posted by
Pantera
Not having the tower hot line with me I called 800 wx brief and got the briefer to look up the number for me which he gladly did. I called the tower on my cell phone and was cleared right in. While not really interesting stick it in your memory locker it might come in handy.
Did the same thing when I lost everything on my flight. I was below the Washington Class B, on a vector towards terrain, and didn't want to climb into the arrival/downwind traffic to IAD. FSS really helped out!
Of course these days, you're likely to wait on hold for 15 minutes and then end up with a Lockheed Martin briefer 1300 miles away...