VFRflyer
A thought for you.
If you were VFR why did you let yourself get pushed into an IFR procedure? Did it not occur to you to re-iterate you were VFR, being captain of the aircraft and therefore final arbiter of which flight rules you wished to fly by?
Like I said - Just a thought.
(Be careful when you throw a boomerang - it'll only end up coming back at you twice as fast
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