Originally Posted by
MarcoPolo
I am a fairly new/young private pilot with less than 200 hours total time. I am so tired of flying at low altitudes in the 172. I would really like to take it up to it's service ceiling for a nice view but I do not want to fly a great distance in the climb. Is it legal to do a spiral climb to let's say 12,500 feet MSL? I want to see my neighborhood from a really high view but I am not sure if that would be considered reckless operation. Any answers, suggestions or advise?
If you're VFR and free of Class A/B/C/D, or any other form of controlled airspace... do what you want. Not to sound terse but I would read all of FAR Part 91 and make sure you understand it. Would you call circling VFR in a climb reckless? If it is, I'm done flying.