Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,918,222,359 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

visual flight

   Also found in: Acronyms, Wikipedia 0.01 sec.
visual flight [′vizh·ə·wəl ′flīt]
(aerospace engineering)
An aircraft flight occurring under conditions which allow navigation by visual reference to the earth's surface at a safe altitude and with sufficient horizontal visibility, and operating under visual flight rules. Also known as VFR flight.


Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Feedback
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Encyclopedia browser?   Full browser?
No references found
 
The flights were under visual flight rules ( VFR), that allow a pilot to see through in clear weather conditions and the air traffic control ( ATC) doesn't have much say in these, unlike in IFR.
We had to land at a field where we could use visual flight rules; one where we could see the runway and manually input our landing data.
The aircraft can fly automatically at low level using terrain-following radar when poor weather prevents visual flight.
 
 
 
Encyclopedia
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Advertise with Us | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.