Lynn Dingfelder wrote: > The gizmo's are no doubt useful, but I guess somebody should > point out that proper flight altitude VFR are at the 500' odd or even > increments dependent on heading.
Maybe I should have pointed out that I was flying at 9500' for most of the trip, in widely scattered clouds. 9500' was a "proper" atltitude given my heading, which was about 2 degrees off from straight north. At one point there was a rather large cloud in front of me, so in order to meet FAA minimum cloud clearance, I climbed as high as I could without breaking the 10,000' limit, since I had no transponder at the time. I usually make a habit of flying at either 9500' or 10,500', but lately my transponder's been in the shop so I have to use 8500' and 9500'. I climbed to 9999' (I was really kidding about that, but I climbed somewhat over 9500 feet to put some distance between me and the cloud, since at that time of day they tend to be rising). I believe it's allowed to deviate from the odd 500' rule if climbing or decending, which is what I was doing at the time. At times I mention "buzzing" something like my friend's house or my own house. These are not below 500' AGL, as I do live in a sparsely populated area. I guess I need to tone down or eliminate the "pilot reports", because they only seem to generate a whole bunch of hoopla that has nothing to do with either KRs or CorvAircraft, so consider it the end of such comments from me... Mark Langford, Harvest, AL see homebuilt airplane at http://www.N56ML.com email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net
