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Old 03-29-2010 | 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by NoseUpAttitude
In what situations would you actually fly a SVFR departure? I don't have much experience flying in really scuzzy weather but I'm wary enough about it to want to avoid it.
I've never used it, but perhaps Life Flight helicopters, traffic watch planes, short ferry flights between close airports, etc. I would be leery to use it unless I was pretty much assured that the weather is better in surrounding areas; example: (low lying airport, vis low for fog in the morning, wx good everywhere else, SVFR departure would make me legal to depart without an IFR clearance).
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