wonders of VFR on top

"zatatime" wrote in message
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On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 20:36:32 GMT, zatatime
wrote:


I now see a difference between a "climb to VFR on top" and a request
for VFR on top while flying an already filed IFR flight. (Reading is
a good thing.)

The Climb to...would call for cancellation once on top since the
flighjt originated VFR

No. When you get the Clearance you are IFR and bound by all IFR rules. At
our airport (WVI) when we ask for clearance to the SNS VOR stating that it
is for "climb to VFR conditions" we will be able to get that clearance as a
"pop up" clearance since NorCal (Sierra, Monterey ?) approach will keep us
in their airspace. They will expect us to cancel IFR when we break through
the tops. If we want a clearance to our destination and it is outside the
sector then we can expect to wait 15-30mins while the request is processed.

and will continue VFR once through the layer.
Receiving a clearance for ...on top while on an IFR flight would not
cancel the already filed IFR flight plan since the flight is to be
conducted under IFR rules (just on top).

I hope I worded this well enough to make sense to someone other than
myself.

z
Howard
C182P


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