"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
nk.net...

"Howard Nelson" wrote in message
m...

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.


Is your IFR flying limited to Monterey bay?

Nah. Occasionally I might wander as far as Las Banos.

Howard




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