1.   Aviation experts said he might have been practicing for obtaining an instrument rating.

2.   A pilot with an instrument rating allowing flight in poor visibility is generally reassuring.

3.   But he had been studying for his instrument rating, one reason for having few unsupervised hours.

4.   By later afternoon, planes with instrument ratings were allowed to fly.

5.   Eaton had a multiengine instrument rating and Ellis a single-engine rating.

6.   FAA records show that he had instrument ratings and could fly multi-engine airplanes.

7.   Khoury was set to receive an instrument rating in August when he allegedly made the comment to the clerk.

8.   Kennedy had passed the written examination required for an instrument rating, but still had to take a lengthy practical examination with a Federal Aviation Administration examiner.

9.   Kennedy did not have his instrument flight rating.

10.   Kennedy did not have instrument rating, meaning he was not qualified to fly by instruments alone.