Lost comm altitude?

"Teacherjh" wrote in message ...
I'd climb to 5000, then MEAs permitting) descend to 4000. In no case would I
stop before 5000. The (explicit) instructions to do so on lost comm may be to
get you high enough to receive a different outlet, or to be picked up on a
better radar sweep. Who knows... they asked me to do that, I do that.

Is this one of those Radar Vectors departures? 5000 feet might be required
to allow you to get "on course" via your own navigation in lieu of radar vectors.

On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 19:40:23 GMT, "Gary Drescher"
wrote:

Well, descending when told to climb is itself a kind of second-guessing of
the chart's intent--and to me it waves a rather bright red flag!


How long do you think you would have to climb to get from 5,000' MSL to
4,000' MSL? g

It probably depends in part on your theory of the universe.


Ron (EPM) (N5843Q, Mooney M20E) (CP, ASEL, ASES, IA)

"Ron Rosenfeld" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 19:40:23 GMT, "Gary Drescher"
wrote:

Well, descending when told to climb is itself a kind of second-guessing
of
the chart's intent--and to me it waves a rather bright red flag!

How long do you think you would have to climb to get from 5,000' MSL to
4,000' MSL? g

It probably depends in part on your theory of the universe.

Yup. The mathematician in me wants to regard a descent as just a
negative-rate climb, but the pilot in me balks.

--Gary


Ron (EPM) (N5843Q, Mooney M20E) (CP, ASEL, ASES, IA)