On 11/2/03 9:56 AM, in article ,
"Pechs1" wrote:

Doug- What's wrong with 200 feet? BRBR


Welll, been a while since I've been in and I have been known to fly less than
500 ft AGL on occasion but isn't the OPNAV min for non combat ops 500 feet??
Was when I was flyin'...Lower for the A-G guys that completed a 'step down'
program?? This was a F-14, VF-213...
P. C. Chisholm
CDR, USN(ret.)
Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer

Since I'm in a squadron with a 500 FT AGL SOP, I don't exercise my 200 FT
muscles any more but...

Back in the day when I flew VA (the REAL Medium Attack kind--not that
Corsair stuff), our SOP called for a 200 FT AGL minalt that we flew at very
regularly--500 FT AGL night/IMC.

IIRC, OPNAV 3710... Series currently calls for a minalt of 200 FT.

And... the VFA FRS LATT syllabi have waivers that allow them a 100 FT
demo--not comfortable with the IP's in the trunk. The current LATT dive
recovery rules of 25 for 1500, 15 for 750, 5 for 250 (and 20 for 1,000, 10
for 500, and 5 for 250... again IIRC) reflect a 200 FT AGL minalt too.

I may peruse the 3710 one more time though to make sure I'm not telling
tales out of school. It's been a while since I've put my eyeballs on that
particular page.

--Woody