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    In aviation, instrument flight rules (IFR) is one of two sets of regulations governing all aspects of civil aviation aircraft operations; the other is...
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    flight rules (VFR) require an airspeed indicator, an altimeter, and a compass or other suitable magnetic direction indicator. Instrument flight rules...
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  • are required to use instrument flight rules, and operation of the aircraft will be primarily through referencing the instruments rather than visual reference...
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    and therefore under instrument flight rules (IFR), as opposed to flying by outside visual references under visual flight rules (VFR). Typically, this...
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  • Instrument rating refers to the qualifications that a pilot must have in order to fly under instrument flight rules (IFR). It requires specific training...
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  • Flight rules are regulations and procedures adopted for flying aircraft in various conditions. Flight rule regimes include: Instrument flight rules, regulations...
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  • depict preferred VFR flight routes within areas of congested airspace. When an aircraft is flying under instrument flight rules (IFR), the pilot will...
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  • IFR-rated pilot in command ("IFR" means Instrument flight rules). In helicopters, there is no minimum flight visibility requirement, or a requirement...
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    weather briefing from a company representative, and filed an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan calling for a southbound departure from Haneda via the...
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    aviation, the sterile flight deck rule or sterile cockpit rule is a procedural requirement that during critical phases of flight (normally below 10,000 ft...
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  • An instrument rating is an authorization required for a pilot to fly under instrument flight rules (IFR). In the United States, the rating is issued by...
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    maneuvers for the orderly transfer of an aircraft operating under instrument flight rules from the beginning of the initial approach to a landing, or to...
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    Kerkis on Samos due to the pilots using visual flight rules in instrument flight rules conditions. All on board perished. This accident is the worst involving...
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    "Eurocontrol specifications for harmonized Rules for Operational Air Traffic (OAT) under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) inside controlled Airspace of the...
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  • aircraft pilot to fly at night under visual flight rules. The alternative is flight by instrument flight rules (IFR), under which visual reference to terrain...
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  • PANS-OPS (section ICAO rules)
    when instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) impose instrument flight rules (IFR). The Flight Safety section of International Civil Aviation Organization...
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  • aircraft operating on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan, where the pilot may deviate from the published instrument approach procedure (IAP)...
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  • under visual flight rules (VFR) or instrument flight rules (IFR). In the latter case, the pilot will navigate exclusively using instruments and radio navigation...
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    to provide the information needed to fly an ILS approach during instrument flight rules (IFR) operations. A chart includes the radio frequencies used by...
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    than 23,800 flight hours. The flight left Cincinnati at 3:15 pm en route to Indianapolis. They were flying under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) clearance...
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    of decreasing ATC regulation of flights. Classes A to E are controlled airspace. Flight under instrument flight rules (IFR) is allowed in all controlled...
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    control again and cancelled their flight plan to operate under instrument flight rules, switching to visual flight rules; they then put the 1900D into a...
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    approach is an approach to a runway at an airport conducted under instrument flight rules (IFR) but where the pilot proceeds by visual reference and clear...
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    airports in case of bad weather, type of flight (whether instrument flight rules [IFR] or visual flight rules [VFR]), the pilot's information, number of...
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  • is a mnemonic for the essential elements of a clearance under instrument flight rules (IFR). CRAFT stands for: Clearance limit, the end point of the...
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    Eurocopter. It is capable of flight under instrument flight rules (IFR) and is outfitted with a digital automatic flight control system (AFCS). First...
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    Defense Robert McNamara. The aircraft were both operating under instrument flight rules and were in radio contact with the Asheville control tower, though...
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    with an instrument flight rules (IFR) aircraft emerging from a cloud, so aircraft are permitted to fly closer to clouds. An exception to this rule is class...
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    visibility and that all approaching aircraft must land using instrument flight rules.: 2  At 15:53, Flight 66 was switched to another frequency for final approach...
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  • likely to pose a hazard to flight. Flight rules: Aircraft can operate under visual flight rules (VFR) or instrument flight rules (IFR). There is also an...
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