Roy Smith wrote:
In article ,
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".

He did also mention just that scenerio. My interest, though, was a
pop-up for descent through the muck onto a nearby IFR approach and
landing. He added that scenerio is covered in the 7110.65 with
specifivity because it doesn't fit the more typical mode of descent to
join an IAP at a nearby airport.