Steve,

Thanks for chiming in. Yes I would be in the class E at that altitude.


"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"SB" wrote in message
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Thanks again guys for your responses on this and Ron for digging into the
FARs but it seems Roy has a point when he says:

"The three actions prohibited by that rule a

* Take off
* Land
* Enter the traffic pattern

It doesn't say anything about, for example, transitioning at TPA+1000"

I think if the tower is going to "own" the E airspace when their class D
is operating under IFR, the FAR should plainly state that and I don't
think it does. Anybody have an opinion on the section from the AIM which
I quoted?


The tower doesn't even "own" the Class D airspace, that belongs to the
TRACON or ARTCC.