VFR Navigation in Class C Airspace
Asked by: Radu Poenaru 4411 views Airspace, Private Pilot
I was recently directed to maintain 1nm north of an NDB in a VFR flight in class C airspace. The conversation that followed got me wondering: what are my navigation-wise legal obligations in a VFR flight in a C class CTR? Can the tower direct me to any point in the CTR (which is not a VFR waypoint)? and am I legaly obliged to be able to navigate to that point? Secondly: turns out that 1NM north of the beacon would have put me into another airports' CTR. Now I never got that far, so no harm there, but is the pilot responsible for checking that the instructions from the controller do not take him into restricted/prohibited airspace? Mind you, I was never radar vectored (controller refused to issue heading to follow) I just got a "maintain 1NM north of BSE"
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