Is it a cloud?

[Witch]

I got to wondering about something this afternoon whilst looking at a blue hole in the sky. Can the whispiness of some visible moisture floating in the sky be considered a cloud? Mind you, it's the forming or dissapation of the visible part that you can see through in which I speak. I hope you understand that which I have described.

 

Might this kind of apparition need to be stayed clear while in class G, or may one fly through it without breaking an FAR reg?

 

Disclaimer: Thought exercise. Don't get on my case pleeze?

 

Laer

Edited February 6, 2008 by Witch

[PhotoFlyer]

I don't have any evidence to back this up, but I have always thought of a cloud as being solid (as in you can't see through it). If you can see through it, it's an obstruction to visibility, not a cloud. If it was just an obstruction to visibility, and not a cloud, than you should be able to fly through legally.

[PA Pilot]

I don't have any evidence to back this up, but I have always thought of a cloud as being solid (as in you can't see through it). If you can see through it, it's an obstruction to visibility, not a cloud. If it was just an obstruction to visibility, and not a cloud, than you should be able to fly through legally.

That's what I was taught. A haze layer, for example, can't constitute a ceiling.

[nsdqjr]

The FAA defines a cloud as "a visible aggregate of minute water or ice particles suspended in air." (AC 00-69A, Page 42)

 

By that definition, haze as a result of condensation is a cloud. Is anyone going to bust you for it?? I guess it depends on what mood your FSDO is in on any given day. Be safe!

[DEMO]

Did someone say Batman.....