X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:02:11 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail-gg0-f181.google.com ([209.85.161.181] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.1) with ESMTPS id 6023235 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 22 Jan 2013 08:28:39 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.161.181; envelope-from=pjdmiller@gmail.com Received: by mail-gg0-f181.google.com with SMTP id e5so373918ggh.12 for ; Tue, 22 Jan 2013 05:28:03 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.236.161.6 with SMTP id v6mr24439108yhk.121.1358861283388; Tue, 22 Jan 2013 05:28:03 -0800 (PST) X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from pjdms-mbp.cfl.rr.com ([68.202.59.203]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g3sm14627795anj.14.2013.01.22.05.28.01 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 22 Jan 2013 05:28:02 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.2 \(1499\)) Subject: Re: [LML] Re: WPR13FA076 From: Paul Miller In-Reply-To: X-Original-Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 08:27:59 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Original-Message-Id: References: X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1499) Yep Skip, another waste of everyone's time and non-helpful response = ("wrong"). The fact is I have done exactly the same thing, VFR Flight, = needed an IFR clearance to VFR conditions without a flight plan. My = last was in the Legacy at night with a layer on top of the destination = airport. I asked approach for a IFR descent clearance from 4000 to 2000 = through the clouds, got it, broke out and cancelled, landed VFR. In the = last 5 years I've found controllers extremely willing to be helpful to = VFR pilots who ask for assistance.=20 Paul Legacy On 2013-01-21, at 12:37 PM, "Skip Slater" = wrote: > Possibly IFR to VFR on top, then cancel. I've done that a couple of = times to take off from coastal airports with a marine layer that only = extended a few miles inland. Don't need a flight plan to do that. >=20 > Skip Slater=20 >=20 > -- > For archives and unsub = http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.html