Shelter Cove, CA PIREP

On Mar 22, 7:09 am, Hamish Reid
wrote:
In article .com,
"Robert M. Gary" wrote:







On Mar 21, 5:43 pm, Hamish Reid
wrote:
In article . com,
"Robert M. Gary" wrote:

Does anyone have a PIREP for Shelter Cove, CA? Is the beach,
interesting areas, etc in walking distance from the airport. Any
recomendations for that area?
-robert
[...]

But watch out for the fog -- as with pretty much any airport along the
coast, the fog can roll right in without warning.... and might not roll
back out for another few days.

That's one reason I would never give up the IFR rating. I've had the
fog roll in many times in Monterey, Half Moon Bay, etc. Being able to
get out is great.

Well, I have an instrument rating as well, but there's no published
approach to Shelter Cove, unfortunately. And if you try to get out under
the stratus (as opposed to through ground-level fog), radio and radar
reception in the shadow of the Coast Range are real issues there if you
want to legally go IFR *through* the stratus to somewhere else...

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No, its no problem getting out. Radar and radio reception is not a
requirement to be IFR. You simply call the FSS and they will relay a
clearance to you from ATC. Your clearance will be valid upon enter
class E airspace (no need for clearance in class G). So I would
typically file to a nearby VOR (or all the way home). They will
provide you a clearance void time, clearance limit,etc, and you
launch. Its not difficult. Once you are on top and in radio range you
can simply cancel the IFR.

-Robert, CFII