"T o d d P a t t i s t" wrote in message
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"Fox Two" wrote:

My opinion? The pilot was careless and reckless, and should have been
violated.

I wouldn't disagree. My point was just that you can read
the wording of the regs with a microscope and still not be
certain of where you stand.

FAR 91.173 is about as short as any reg there is. It just
says:
No person may operate an aircraft in controlled airspace
under IFR unless that person has--
(a) Filed an IFR flight plan; and
(b) Received an appropriate ATC clearance.

If they wanted to require (a) and (b) in Class G too, the
change is pretty simple, just remove the 3 words "in
controlled airspace."


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T o d d P a t t i s t - "WH" Ventus C
(Remove DONTSPAMME from address to email reply.)

Departures in IMC, under IFR, without a clearance are done all the time.
As an example, the weather at Gold Beach, Oregon(4S1), is indefinite,
1/4mile, fog. The airport is in G airspace, and a pirep shows the tops at
500' and the fog extends offshore about a mile. I can, and have, legally
departed this airport to climb to VFR conditions, within uncontrolled
airspace. A clearance is only required to enter controlled airspace. At
this, and many other locations, it is possible to climb over 10,000' without
finding controlled airspace.

Al G