In a previous article, Sridhar Rajagopal said:
You mean, if there was some cloud cover that you wanted to go through,
to get into the clear above, you cannot do that legally, even if you are
IFR rated, unless you file an IFR plan?

Yes, sort of. You can get on a popup IFR flight plan simply by asking ATC
for an IFR clearance to climb to VFR.


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