...just to continue, and clarify...
I mentioned VMC above. You don't need to be VMC to comply with Rule 29(d), just clear of cloud and in sight of the surface.
It may help to ponder - and perhaps discuss with your local ATCO (though there are some who haven't grasped this themselves), how the Rules would be interpreted if you were to fly visual circuits at your local airfield under IFR...
Last edited by Kit d'Rection KG; 28th December 2006 at 10:56.
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