Originally Posted by
flydrive
If it is not legal to be VFR (i.e. vis and cloud clearance requirements) then you are in IMC.
Wrong. Thanks for playing. You don’t have to have the same cloud clearances and vis to be vmc. Just have to have adequate visual references. And technically if you’re shooting an approach in IMC you better be on and IFR clearance. VFR is regulations. VMC shut means you can see things outside to fly the plane by. You can very much be in vmc on an IFR flight plan and only be 50 ft below the clouds.