A pilot is planning a daytime VFR cross-country flight in an airplane without an approved Minimum Equipment List (MEL). During the preflight inspection, the attitude indicator is discovered to be inoperative, but the rest of the airplane is airworthy. To comply with the applicable regulations, the pilot should

Refer to the following AFM excerpt regarding inoperative VOR equipment for day VFR operations: VOR receiver may be inoperative provided all of the following are met: • The flight is conducted within controlled airspace, and • Either (1) ATC advises of radar coverage for the route of flight, or (2) the airplane remains within 15 NM of the departure or destination airport, and • Magnetic direction indicator, sensitive altimeter, and clock are operative. The VOR receiver has been deactivated and placarded 'INOP'. The proposed day VFR flight will remain entirely within Class D airspace, no more than 12 NM from the departure airport, with the required instruments operative. No ATC radar coverage has been requested. Under these conditions, may the flight be conducted?