I have put "No Overwater Routing" in the remarks section when departing
Chicago to Detroit and it worked. Chicago vectored me around the edge of
the lake and even asked how far overwater I wished to go.

Howard Neff


"paul kgyy" wrote in message
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Flying IFR in/around the Chicago Class B, it's not unusual to get
vectored out over Lake Michigan. I've always been a little nervous
about this but even more so after the recent PA28 downing off
Milwaukee. Flotation gear is no solution for probably 6 months of the
year because of water temperature.

Anybody else found a way to deal with this? I fly out of Gary, and
eastbound the vector is almost always 040, which puts me a fair
distance offshore.