VFR Through LAX

[rwgb1984]

In the NM desert, this always beats S & R to the scene:

lol

 

[cmhumphr]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcdJNayfncI

 

[SIUav8er]

Just go around the back side, over the top of VNY/BUR, along the mountains, over the top of ONT, then direct. I'd be careful with asking for a shoreline transition. You may get turned around depending on how busy they are and the kind of mood they are in.

This!

Plus its more direct route to SDM... just not as scenic

 

[Autothrust Blue]

I like going right over LAX, great views. Just go under the shelf north of Santa Monica, then follow directions on the TAC: into the Special flight rules area 3,500' southeast bound, track off of Santa Monica, squawk 1201, and self announce.....it's easy like sunday morning.

EDIT: No VOR? (Just read that part.)....Errr....drive.

[very aero-geeky/cool pictures omitted]

It really is a sleeper.

I don't know about the legality - nothing says you need a VOR receiver, just that you have to "operate" on the radial:

Unless otherwise authorized by the Administrator, no person may operate an aircraft in the airspace described in §93.93 unless the operation is conducted in accordance with the following procedures:
...
(d) The pilot shall operate on the Santa Monica very high frequency omni-directional radio range (VOR) 132° radial.
...

Naturally, I think you would want to have a VOR receiver for purposes of fixing oneself on the radial irate: but pilotage might be just as legal if done precisely :dunno:

Under the "pilotage/for what it's worth" category, the regulation further defines some VFR landmarks too.

The Los Angeles Special Flight Rules Area is designated as that part of Area A of the Los Angeles Class B airspace area at 3,500 feet above mean sea level (MSL) and at 4,500 feet MSL, beginning at Ballona Creek/Pacific Ocean (lat. 33°57'42" N, long. 118°27'23" W), then eastbound along Manchester Blvd. to the intersection of Manchester/405 Freeway (lat. 33°57'42" N, long. 118°22'10" W), then southbound along the 405 Freeway to the intersection of the 405 Freeway/lmperial Highway (lat. 33°55'51" N, long. 118° 22'06" W), then westbound along Imperial Highway to the intersection of Imperial Highway/Pacific Ocean (lat. 33°55'51" N, long. 118°26'05" W), then northbound along the shoreline to the point of beginning.

Without my TAC in front of me to tell you exactly what Area A is, these are the lateral confines.

 

[The Gardener]

I think I've filed twice and opened once. (And forgot to close until about 00:25 after ETA, of course. There's got to be a better way.)

Aren't you an active CFI?

 

[Autothrust Blue]

Aren't you an active CFI?

No. In training for it, though, and I expect I'll use VFR flight plans more with primary students. If I go anywhere outside of radar coverage VFR I'll file one, but that happens exceedingly rarely.

(FWIW, our flight school policy requires the use of either VFR flight plans or radar flight following plus the continuous operation of a school-provided SPOT tracker.)

Almost everywhere I've gone recently (read: since the words 'instrument airplane' were added to my certificate) I have gone under IFR (so of course a flight plan is filed and except for canceling my IFR at the gate at an uncontrolled field , the closing is taken care of). The last time I filed VFR was back in primary.

Bad habit and bad example, I know. I am reproaching myself even as we speak.

 

[A150K]

No. In training for it, though, and I expect I'll use VFR flight plans more with primary students. If I go anywhere outside of radar coverage VFR I'll file one, but that happens exceedingly rarely.

(FWIW, our flight school policy requires the use of either VFR flight plans or radar flight following plus the continuous operation of a school-provided SPOT tracker.)

Almost everywhere I've gone recently (read: since the words 'instrument airplane' were added to my certificate) I have gone under IFR (so of course a flight plan is filed and except for canceling my IFR at the gate at an uncontrolled field , the closing is taken care of). The last time I filed VFR was back in primary.

Bad habit and bad example, I know. I am reproaching myself even as we speak.

You're not the only one. There's a time and place for everything and there are sometimes where filing VFR is just plain unnecessary.

 

[Autothrust Blue]

You're not the only one. There's a time and place for everything and there are sometimes where filing VFR is just plain unnecessary.

If it was passed to the appropriate controlling facilities and used to pre-slug flight progress strips (instead of having me read out all that stuff on initial call-up) you'd better believe I'd use it all the time. Me pilot, me lazy.