"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Howard Nelson" wrote in message
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I would only accept non airport clearance limit if I were essentially
guaranteed that I would be VFR to the ground within 10-15 min. flying
range.


What if you're IMC and ATC needs to hold you?

We have kind of a unique situation here in the Monterey bay. You are outside
of, but talking to, Class C, no nearby Class B, I (in 15 years) have never
seen fog tops above 2500 ft and never gotten clearance limit less than 3000
ft. With well maintained plane, 30 mins of battery for comms, 2 comms and 1
handheld with external antenna connection I think think the likelyhood of
losing Comm while in IMC is about that of a wing falling off.
I am talking about summertime stratus (fog) with tops usually 1000-2000 and
bottoms 100-800 feet.
Howard


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