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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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    "Eurocontrol specifications for harmonized Rules for Operational Air Traffic (OAT) under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) inside controlled Airspace of the...
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    for use in all weather conditions under instrument flight rules, but that the pilots operating night flights to and from Calicut Airport should have sufficient...
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  • VFR-on-top (category Instrument flight rules)
    operating under instrument flight rules (IFR) to do so in visual meteorological conditions (VMC) at any appropriate visual flight rules (VFR) altitude...
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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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  • 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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    function; it was also praised for being relatively easy to fly under instrument flight rules (IFR). Considerable attention was paid to the fuselage's design...
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    Approach plate (category Instrument flight rules)
    fly instrument approaches during instrument flight rules (IFR) operations. Each country maintains its own instrument approach procedures according to...
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    and was practicing instrument landing system approaches under the instruction of Kazy in pursuit of his instrument flight rules (IFR) rating. They had...
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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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    first helicopter to be adapted for single-pilot operations under instrument flight rules. The Gazelle was developed during the 1960s as a successor to the...
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    investigation ruled that the crash was a case of controlled flight into terrain, caused by the crew's decision of flying instrument flight rules at an altitude...
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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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  • 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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    arrival route (STAR) is a published flight procedure followed by aircraft on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan just before reaching a destination...
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    Helicopters. 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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    Standard instrument departure (SID) routes are published flight procedures followed by aircraft on an IFR flight plan immediately after takeoff from an...
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    System Block Upgrade (ASBU). ADS-B equipment is mandatory for instrument flight rules (IFR) category aircraft in Australian airspace; the United States...
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