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What cruising altitude is appropriate for VFR on Top on a westbound flight below 18,000 feet?To meet the minimum instrument experience requirements, within the last 6 calendar months you needAfter your recent IFR experience lapses, how much time do you have before you must pass an instrument competency check to act as pilot in command under IFR?What additional flight hours, within the preceding 6 calendar months, are required to maintain IFR currency in a helicopter if you already have 3 hours in an instrument simulator?How may a pilot satisfy the recent flight experience requirement necessary to act as pilot in command in IMC in powered aircraft?  Within the previous 6 calendar months, loggedWhat additional instrument experience is required for  you to meet the recent flight experience requirements to act as pilot in command of an airplane under IFR?
Your present instrument experience within the preceding 6 calendar months is:
1. 3 hours with holding, intercepting, 
   and tracking courses in an approved 
   airplane flight simulator.
2. two instrument approaches in an 
   airplane.
To carry passengers for hire in an airplane on cross country flights of more than 50 NM from the departure airport, the pilot in command is required to hold at leastWhen making an airborne VOR check, what is the maximum allowable tolerance between the two indicators of a dual VOR system (units independent of each other except the antenna)?In the event of two-way radio communications failure while operating on an IFR clearance in VFR conditions the pilot should continueWhen a pilot elects to proceed to the selected alternate airport, which minimums apply for landing at the alternate?If during an ILS approach in IFR conditions, the approach lights are not visible upon arrival at the DH, the pilot isWhat are the minimum fuel requirements in IFR conditions, if the first airport of intended landing is forecast to have a 1,500 foot ceiling and 3 miles visibility at flight-planned ETA? Fuel to fly to the first airport of intended landing,For helicopters, is an alternate airport required for an IFR flight to ATL (Atlanta Hartsfield) if the proposed ETA is 1930Z?
TAF KATL 121720Z 121818 20012KT 5SM HZ BKN030
FM2000 3SM TSRA OVC025CB
FM2200 33015G20KT P6SM BKN015 OVC040 BECMG 0608
02008KT BKN 040 BECMG 1012 00000KT P6SM CLR=
For helicopters, what minimum conditions must exist at the destination airport to avoid listing an alternate airport on an IFR flight plan when a standard IAP is available?During your preflight planning for an IFR flight, you determine that the first airport of intended landing has no instrument approach prescribed in 14 CFR part 97.  The weather forecast for one hour before through one hour after your estimated time of arrival is 3000' scattered with 5 miles visibility. 
To meet the fuel requirements for this flight, you must be able to fly to the first airport of intended landing,What record shall be made in the aircraft log or other permanent record by the pilot making the VOR operational check?When is an IFR clearance required during VFR weather conditions?For helicopters, what forecast weather minimums are required to list an airport as an alternate on an IFR flight plan if the airport has VOR approach only?An aircraft operated under 14 CFR part 91 IFR is required to have which of the following?Except when necessary for takeoff or landing or unless otherwise authorized by the Administrator, the minimum altitude for IFR flight is
(Refer to figure 133.)
What action should the pilot take if the marker beacon receiver becomes inoperative during the S ILS 9 approach at Riverside Municipal?When is a pilot on an IFR flight plan responsible for avoiding other aircraft?     The 
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