On Jan 15, 4:33*am, wrote:

You're partially right on the second one. *I don't fly ifr GA in light
aircraft.

I didn't realize it was so prevalent, and considered a safe maneuvre.

Its probably most common when pilots are leaving their home field. My
airport does not have any IFR procedures at all. When I depart IFR I
only have to consider if I believe I can be VMC before I enter class
E. If I don't think the clouds are that high I don't need any
clearance at all, just throttle up and launch.

-Robert