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instrument flight rules
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instrument flight rules [′in·strə·mənt ¦flīt ‚rülz]
(navigation)
Regulations governing flying when weather conditions are below the minimum for visual flight rules. Abbreviated IFR.
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He was unable to maintain altitude and requested radar vectors to a clear area.
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``Need radar vectors,'' Hazen replied, his voice even more urgent.
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The impression one gets from sitting in the Flanker and Fulcrum cockpits is of a Soviet fighter force still oriented toward a ground-controlled intercept environment, dependent on radar vectors to place the target in the fighter's front quadrant.
Glasnost and the glass cockpit by Cobleigh, Ed / Armada International
 
 
 
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