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Sam Spade wrote:

Newps wrote:



You busted the regs when you went in the clouds.



I just got off the phone with a terminal guy who is about as sharp as
they come. He stated, as you did, that an airport clearance limit is
required for a pop-up to become IFR.

I'll go along with the "clearance limit" part, but I don't know about the
"airport" bit. I've certainly gotten pop-ups to climb or descend through a
cloud layer, "Cleared to the XYZ VOR".