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Minimum PIC flight experience requirements. |
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500 hours pilot time, 100 hours cross country, 25 hours night. |
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Flight locating requirements. |
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FAA filed VFR flight plan, or - same data as FAA VFR flight plan - provide timely notification - location, date, time if area without communication |
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Operating information material provided to pilot. |
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- Cockpit checklists - Pertinent aeronautical charts |
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- above 10000 to 12000 ft if more than 30 minutes - above 12000 |
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Required paperwork on the pilot. |
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- license - current medical - valid government issued photo ID |
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Passengers need to be briefed on. |
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- smoking - use of safety belts incl. fasten & unfasten - opening passenger/ emergency exit doors - location of survival equipment - operation of flotation equipment - use of life preservers if applicable - location and operation of fire extinguishers - ditching procedure |
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- only allowed if served by operator - no serving if passenger appears intoxicated - no boarding if passenger appears intoxicated |
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Seating of children and restraint systems. |
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Seat required for every passenger that reached their second birthday. Only approved child restraint systems. |
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Approved portable devices. |
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- portable voice recorders - hearing aids - electric shavers - heart pacemakers - any other portable device that the operator determined is not causing interference with NAV or COM equipment |
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Passengers VFR at night equipment requirements. |
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- gyro rate-of-turn indicator for helicopters > 6000 lbs - slip & skid indicator - gyro bank & pitch indicator - gyro direction indicator - generator - anti-collision light system - lights for instrument & switches - flashlight |
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Inoperable instruments and equipment. |
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No take off unless approved MEL |
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Minimum safe altitude for helicopters. |
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Over congested area 300 ft AGL |
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VFR visibility in Class G less than 1200ft AGL or within surface area of Class B, C, D, E. |
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1/2 mile at day, 1 mile at night |
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first point of intended landing and after that for 20 minutes assuming normal cruise consumption |
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Float and life preserver requirements. |
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Required for every flight crossing the shoreline unless for take off or landing. |
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Performance plan requirements. |
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Performance plan required for every flight including density altitude, IGE, OGE, W/B, H/V. |
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