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03-31-2009 | 03:54 PM

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not just within, there is plenty of class B that stops before the vail, and extends outside the vail

1) Mode C Vail
2) In and above Class B and C
3) Above 10,000

03-31-2009 | 05:57 PM

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Just within the mode C veil, regardless of altitude. If you were required to have it below B airspace at anytime, what would the be the point of the veil in the first place?

Because sometimes the B goes outside the veil............that was the question.

03-31-2009 | 06:16 PM

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There's a part about this outside of the sections about Class B and the Mode C veil . . . I'll try to find it, but if I remember correctly, it says you still need the C.

03-31-2009 | 08:34 PM

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huh? I thought this question was answered

03-31-2009 | 10:06 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by nyalex

Just within the mode C veil, regardless of altitude. If you were required to have it below B airspace at anytime, what would the be the point of the veil in the first place?

heard this question too and I always thought that mode c was required below class b. If you look at a Seattle sectional at Seatac you will see that the lateral boundry of b goes beyond the mode c veil, so I thought that mode c would be required below the shelf there. And you can be within the 30 nm mode c veil and not be even in or below the class b, this is why the 30 nm magenta line is there.

I could be wrong but that is just what I was taught.

04-01-2009 | 08:39 AM

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Alright, unless someone can show an additional reg....

1) Mode C Vail
2) In and above Class B and C
3) Above 10,000

nothing about below class B (when it sticks out of the vail)

04-01-2009 | 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by 250 or point 65

Alright, unless someone can show an additional reg....

1) Mode C Vail
2) In and above Class B and C
3) Above 10,000

nothing about below class B (when it sticks out of the vail)

Veil.

Vail is in Colorado.

04-01-2009 | 04:25 PM

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04-01-2009 | 04:41 PM

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Sorry, it was just bugging me.

04-15-2009 | 09:56 AM

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since you are talking about mode c transponders i also have a question. if your mode c transponder fails enroute to a class b or c airport are you still allowed to enter even if your equipment fails?