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User currently offlineSalim From Lebanon, joined Jun 2001, 303 posts, RR: 1
Posted (10 years 5 months 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 1832 times:

I just got my private license in france, and i would like to pass the instrument rating in the usa. what are the requirment of minimum flight hours?
I'm lebanese , but i also have swiss nationality ; will i have problems (after 1sept etc)
thanks!
Salim

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User currently offlineIllini_152 From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 1000 posts, RR: 2
Reply 1, posted (10 years 5 months 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 1784 times:

Don't know about problems you'd have, but the requirements for an insturment rating under part 61 are as follows.

150 hours total time
50 hours PIC Cross Country (flights >50 nm)
40 hours of insturment time (simulated or actual)

Part 141 is similar, but I think they can shave off the total time and cross country time requirements, each school is differant though.

- Mike


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User currently offlineRacers22 From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 175 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (10 years 5 months 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 1782 times:

I am currently in an instrument ground class and we were taught that there was no total time requirement as long as you met the PIC XC and total instrument time requirements. I will take a look in the FAR and see if you do indeed need 150 hours total time.

User currently offlineRalgha From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 1614 posts, RR: 6
Reply 3, posted (10 years 5 months 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 1776 times:

50 hours XC as PIC
40 hours instrument

No total time requirement.

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User currently offlineSushka From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 4784 posts, RR: 16
Reply 4, posted (10 years 4 months 4 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 1742 times:

All that plus 15 hours of instruction.


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User currently offlineXFSUgimpLB41X From United States of America, joined Aug 2000, 3998 posts, RR: 36
Reply 5, posted (10 years 4 months 4 weeks 22 hours ago) and read 1698 times:

Under part 61, it's 20 hours dual instrument from a CFII.... the other 20 may be with a safety pilot-great way to split time with one of your buddies and save money.

The biggest changes for you will be little nuances of the US airspace system and such and slightly different terms used by ATC.

The IFR rating is a tremendous challenge whether youre from here or not- good luck to you.


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User currently offlineIllini_152 From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 1000 posts, RR: 2
Reply 6, posted (10 years 4 months 4 weeks 18 hours ago) and read 1685 times:

oops, I really should update myself on the changes in FAR's more regularly. Just to cover my own rear, when I went for my insturment rating, they still required 150TT. The others are correct, that must have been removed recently (I hope, I like to think I'm not too far behind the times)

-
Mike


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User currently offlineSalim From Lebanon, joined Jun 2001, 303 posts, RR: 1
Reply 7, posted (10 years 4 months 3 weeks 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 1651 times:

Thanks to your all... but you mean 50 pic XC hours to get the ifr rating or to begin the training?
thanks

User currently offlineFlyf15 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 8, posted (10 years 4 months 3 weeks 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 1655 times:

Salim,

When you take your instrument checkride you must have 50 hours of pilot in command cross country time total. This must include 1 instrument cross country, everything else is up to you.

User currently offlineSushka From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 4784 posts, RR: 16
Reply 9, posted (10 years 4 months 3 weeks 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 1665 times:

Salim, I have about 20-25 PIC XC and Im on my way to getting the 50. At the same time I am also taking instrument lessons to get the 15 hours of training and at the to build my simulated instrument time.


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