I've never been comfortable flying VFR in marginal conditions and low to the ground - IFR is the way to go imho.PilotDAR wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2019 5:20 am
Those weather conditions would have been "comfortable" for me flying around home. It was the combination of knowing there were wind turbines on shore, no obstacle display when I knew there were obstacles, and then a magenta line painted right across where I really believe that there could be wind turbines which alarmed me.
In this case I would have requested an IFR clearance and climbed to the MSA (or higher) then requested vectors to intercept the localiser. Simple and safe.
Any problems getting a clearance? - Mayday call followed by me telling them what I was going to be doing. I've always found the Nordic controllers to be extremely professional and helpful - I doubt it would have come to this.
ICAO Annex 2 - if you need to defend your decision.