Mxsmanic wrote:
writes:

You are not required to talk to anyone in Class E ...

Unless you are within the vicinity of an airport, that is.

Certain, selected airports, not airports in general.

... and if you stay below
10,000 feet you don't need to have either a radio or transpoder except
for a few select areas.

Which areas are those? What happens above 10,000 feet?

The Class E area adjacent to selected airports, pay attention.

What happens above 10,000 feet is you need a transponder for any airspace.

You need a clearance to fly IFR.

Not in Class G. You only need a clearance in controlled airspace, which Class
G is not.

So you just fly along in Class G and unilaterally declare yourself to be
flying IFR?

Saying a Victor airway provides obstacle clearance is like saying Class
E airspace provides obstacle clearance as they are both defined as
starting no lower than 1200 AGL.

No, a Victor airway has been surveyed and planned specifically to be clear of
obstacles. Class E in general provides no such assurance.

Class E has the exact same provision by definition since by definition it
starts at 1,200 AGL.

The point is absent a radar altimeter, you can not tell from navaids
whether or not you are above the lower bounds of either Class E or a
Victor airway.

What provides obstacle clearance during the day is looking out the window
and at night paying close attention to the Sectional.


--
Jim Pennino

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