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Old January 17th 15, 11:28 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Andy Blackburn[_3_]
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On Friday, January 16, 2015 at 7:11:08 PM UTC-8, Mike the Strike wrote:
On Friday, January 16, 2015 at 10:24:53 AM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:
Just wondering - did you maintain the required horizontal (and
vertical) cloud separation for the altitude and class of airspace?*
I know you can do that while following one of our wonderful shear
lines.






On 1/15/2015 11:55 AM, Mike the Strike
wrote:



snips thermals and wave sometimes enable you to climb higher than cloudbase quite legally. (I did this in Moriarty last year).



Mike





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Dan Marotta


Yep - I used my 500-foot retractable tape measure!

Mike


Isn't it easier to drop a 500' (or 1,000') plum line, mark that point in the sky and then dive down and fly there?