ChiefPilot
Well Known Member
...sort of, anyway
The weather around here for the next couple of days is supposed to be marginal VFR or IFR with ceilings between 700 and 1500 feet and tops below 4000' or so. I'd like to do some acro, so I'm wondering about how I might accomplish this. Never having filed IFR to/from an area suitable for aerobatics per 91.303 I'm wondering which approach might be recommended:
1) File IFR from the airport to a fix at an altitude on top of the undercast and a second plan from the fix back to the airport. Activate first plan, navigate to the fix, cancel IFR on top, do acro, activate the second plan and return.
2) File IFR from the airport to the lat/lon of the acro airspace and ask for VFR on top when able. Cancel VFR on top when done and return on IFR plan to airport.
3) Don't - this is a stupid idea. Go bake some chocolate chip cookies instead.
This is mostly a thought exercise and is something that not many light aircraft could accomplish (IMC->acro->IMC->approach). However, many RVs would be up to the task so I'm wondering if this has been/is being done?
The weather around here for the next couple of days is supposed to be marginal VFR or IFR with ceilings between 700 and 1500 feet and tops below 4000' or so. I'd like to do some acro, so I'm wondering about how I might accomplish this. Never having filed IFR to/from an area suitable for aerobatics per 91.303 I'm wondering which approach might be recommended:
1) File IFR from the airport to a fix at an altitude on top of the undercast and a second plan from the fix back to the airport. Activate first plan, navigate to the fix, cancel IFR on top, do acro, activate the second plan and return.
2) File IFR from the airport to the lat/lon of the acro airspace and ask for VFR on top when able. Cancel VFR on top when done and return on IFR plan to airport.
3) Don't - this is a stupid idea. Go bake some chocolate chip cookies instead.
This is mostly a thought exercise and is something that not many light aircraft could accomplish (IMC->acro->IMC->approach). However, many RVs would be up to the task so I'm wondering if this has been/is being done?