The official Visual Flight Rules require that the distance

Last updated: 4/27/2023

The official Visual Flight Rules require that the distance between the ground and the bottom of the clouds to be more than 1000 feet for a plane to fly without instrumentation At night cloud height can be determined by aiming a searchlight straigh upward and having an observer find the angle of elevation to the point at which the light hits the clouds Suppose the observer stands 600 feet away from the searchlight and sights the beam of light on the clouds with an angle of elevation 75 What is the height of the cloud cover Round your answer to two decimal places 1343520 feet Would the Visual Flight Rules allow a plane to fly without instrumentation in these conditions Answer yes or no yes