Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #64094
From: Hugh Bergeron <hpbergeron@hotmail.com>
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Subject: RE: [LML] IFR to VFR on top
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:02:11 -0500
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VFR to VFR-on-top, where you wanted the benefits of an IFR clearance but some of the freedom of VFR conditions, was a common clearance used in military scrambles back when I was a military controller.  Is this clearance still available today?

Hugh

To: lml@lancaironline.net
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 07:41:14 -0500
From: skipslater@verizon.net
Subject: [LML] IFR to VFR on top

Here's a paragraph from a recent Flying article on this topic:
 
"You can also skip the filing step and request a VFR-on-top clearance from ground control or clearance by simply requesting an IFR climb to VFR-on-top. You can expect your clearance to have a clearance limit at some fix (an intersection or VOR, most likely) as well as initial and final altitude assignments (i.e., climb maintain 3,000, expect 5,000 in five minutes). The clearance will likely also contain information about what to expect if VFR conditions have not been reached once the fix has been reached."
 
Here's a link to the entire article:
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