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Not totally correct. In the US you CAN fly IFR without being on an IFR
flight plan and without a clearance, so long as you do it in Class G airspace.Both aircraft and pilot must meet IFR requirements, however. Ivan CFII What aircraft IFR requirements are there for gliders? 91.205(a) does not seem to apply (only covers powered civil aircraft with a standard category U.S. airworthiness certificate). 91.215 seems to exempt gliders from almost all transponder requirements even in controlled airspace. 91.205(e) seems to still apply to FL 240+ since it just says "civil aircraft." Don't get me wrong: Flying south in a 2-22 in solid IFR at FL230 using only handheld for ATC and a mag compass as an attitude indicator, might not be a great idea. But as long as the pilot meets 61.57(c)(2) or 61.57(d) (more likely) it seems generally the aircraft instrumentation requirements are legally non-existent for glider IFR below FL240. And the radio requirements for controlled airspace 91.183 could be satisfied with a handheld. But they may be part of experimental limitations 91.319(d)(2), or part of the IFR required equipment in the flight manual, or flight manual limitations against IFR, I suppose... And if one decides they want to use a transponder in a glider IFR, it doesn't even seem to need 91.411 (about $100) since it isn't an airplane or helicopter. 91.413 (about $50) would still apply, I believe. |
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"Mark James Boyd" wrote in message news:3fdbd02d$1@darkstar... Not totally correct. In the US you CAN fly IFR without being on an IFR flight plan and without a clearance, so long as you do it in Class G airspace.Both aircraft and pilot must meet IFR requirements, however. Ivan CFII What aircraft IFR requirements are there for gliders? snip You are correct that most FARs speak to airplanes, but even for airplanes the FARs are not governing for any particular aircraft. Typically, the flight manual will say if the aircraft can be flown under IFR and if so, what instruments are required. For example, in the G-102 manual it says that only VFR flight is permitted while the LS-3 states that "cloud flying" is permitted. Ivan |
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Its not a joke Janusz
"Janusz Kesik" wrote in message ... There is a class G area near Bagdad, Arizona. ) LOL! Is there really a place named Baghdad in Arizona, or You're just joking? Janusz |
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"Janusz Kesik" wrote in message ...
There is a class G area near Bagdad, Arizona. ) LOL! Is there really a place named Baghdad in Arizona, or You're just joking? Janusz Hi Januz, No joke. Bagdad, not Baghdad, is a small mining town about 80 miles North West of Phoenix. We use the airport as a contest turnpoint. Andy |
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And in Sweden it is legal to, provided you have a special rating for
cloud flying with gliders. Robert Janusz Kesik wrote: In Poland it also can be done legally, as well as night flying. Regards, -- Janusz Kesik visit www.leszno.pl - home of the www.css-leszno.it.pl |
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In Polish, Baghdad is written "Bagdad" so it looked funny...
JK |
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