Sam Spade wrote in
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Newps wrote:


Sam Spade wrote:



No, the word "practice" muddys the waters.

I am thinking in terms of a non-training flight that shows up in the
LA Basin on top of a bunch of unforecasted stratus. I am at 8,500
feet east of Ontario. I call SoCal and request an ILS into Ontario
and tell the controller I am VFR at 8,500. He identifies me, gives
me a squawk, then says, 34 Charlie, maintain heading 260, descent to
and maintain 6,000 for an ILS to 26R."


You're still VFR.

What would have to be different to make me IFR? Could you cite a
reference?

Question to you was what was your clearance limit? No clearance limit,
no IFR clearance.

You don't say you were cleared for the ILS approach above. You were only
given directions to descent and maintain 6000..... as written above. I
don't *think* you ever mention the word cleared.

Allen