"Ron Natalie" wrote in message m...
: Under IFR rules. You can't fly in conditions below the VFR weather
: minimums (legally) except IFR.
:
: This means you must be:
:
: 1. Instrument rated.
: 2. Have a plane with the necessary equipment and
: inspections for IFR flight.
: 3. Maintain the minimum altitudes
: 4. Pilot must be IFR current.
: 5. If you can arrive VFR at the destination, you must have an
: instrument approach.
:
: Except for takeoffs and landings from airports that don't have
: surface areas, practical IFR in uncontrolled airspace is thwarted
: by #3 and #5 above in most cases. You can't do enroute below
: 1000'/2000' (normal/mountainous) and most approaches will start
: in controlled airspace even if they don't terminate there.
:
: There's also a (not supported by regulation) legal interpretation
: where a guy was strung up where the FAA interpretted it as
: reckless and dangerous because he did not have an IFR clearance
: at the time he took off to continue his flight into controlled
: airspace.


Well I'll be, I never understood that. So basically you are saying 1000' AGL instrument flight in non-mountainous areas
is legal as long as you stay in class G, also assuming you and the plane are current, and that the landing airport
exceeds VFR minimums when you get there. I never thought anyone would operate in class G at less than VFR minimums...