AOPA is correct... primarily when approaching ClassB. Land short, call the
local appch control on the phone and make the request. They'll be prepared..
may have given you preferred routing over the phone.. and everyone is happy.

Good for that flight only.

BT

"Steven Barnes" wrote in message
om...
We almost had this scenario when we bought our Cherokee 180 a few months
back. Transponder was out of 24 month inspection. We would need to get it
into our class C airspace.
I called AOPA's legal & they told me, to get the thing to the site for
the
inspection, simply turn it off. If that site was within a class C or mode
C
veil, then a phone call arrangement could elimate the need for the xponder
for that flight.
Not sure if he was right or not. We had the seller get it done before we
ever took possesion, so I didn't have to worry about it after all.



"BTIZ" wrote in message
news:qw83c.66$Nj.52@fed1read01...
nope... if you have one it must be on...

BT

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:0u43c.504960$I06.5400101@attbi_s01...
But then, around here I would just turn the damned thing off.
He
apparently doesn't have that option.

That would make it two FARs you're violating instead of just one.

I can't turn my transponder off and go fly VFR?

Boy, I apparently know an awful lot of people that need to be
arrested.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"