On Sep 29, 9:23*am, Gezellig wrote:
On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:39:34 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GMej00GrhE

Cumulus cloud bases were 5000 estimated to 8000 feet. My cruise
altitude was 6000. *One has to admit, the view at 6000 was more
photogenic then Interstate 20 and 59!

Since you had only a 100 ft of altitude to gain to completely miss the
clouds (as per video), why not get on top?

LOL, you got me confused,

6000 was my cruise, tops were estimated 8000, my math sez 2000 feet of
altitude to gain to clear the tops??? Or is there something in the
video that I may have mistyped??

Anyhow, to clarify why I couldn't go to 8000 IFR westbound was because
there is a MOA in my flight path that the floor begins at 8000, so I
wouldn't have gotten GPS direct, so I selected 6000. 4000 is too low
for GPS direct as it is below center and Meridian approach radar
coverage.