Referring to VFR over the top, it IS legal for a VFR pilot to take off under
VFR conditions, climb to an altitude that is 1,000 ft. (or higher) than a
solid cloud cover on his/her route of flight, fly to the destination (over
the solid cloud base) and land at the destination under VFR conditions.

Obviously, the pilot must be sure, through weather information,  that he can
descend and land at the destination airport under VFR conditions.  Of
course, if a VFR pilot is on a flight like this and has an emergency
situation, descending through 3-4,000 ft. of solid cloud cover is nothing at
all like making a descent with a training hood on, with an instructor by
your side.

Dave Kuc

 
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