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Originally Posted by bdhill1979  SVFR requires an instrument rating, day or night (FAR 91.157 which refers to FAR 61.65)
Edit: upon further reading the aircraft must meet IFR equipment requirements also 91.205. |
No, for daytime operations, the instrument rating is not needed.
To go SVFR at night, the pilot and aircraft most both be instrument certified (although the pilot does not need to be instrument current).
Read the reg again very closely.