visual rules flight
1VFR (visual flight rules) flight — A flight carried out in accordance with the visual flight rules. Except when a clearance is obtained from an ATC (air traffic control) unit, VFR flights may not take off or land at an aerodrome within a control zone, or enter the aerodrome… …
2special VFR (visual flight rules) flight — A VFR flight cleared by air traffic control to operate within Class B, C, D, and E surface areas in meteorological conditions below VMC (ICAO). VMC stands for visual meteorological condition …
3flight service station — Air traffic facilities that provide pilot briefings, en route communications, and VFR (visual flight rules) search and rescue services; assist lost aircraft and aircraft in emergencies; relay ATC (air traffic control) clearances; originate NOTAMs …
4Visual flight rules — (VFR) are a set of regulations which allow a pilot to operate an aircraft in weather conditions generally clear enough to allow the pilot to see where the aircraft is going. Specifically, the weather must be better than basic VFR weather minimums …
5Flight plan — Flight plans are documents filed by pilots or a Flight Dispatcher with the local Civil Aviation Authority (e.g. FAA in the USA) prior to departure. They generally include basic information such as departure and arrival points, estimated time en… …
6Flight for Life — is a prehospital care service with many bases of operation across the United States. Flight for Life is primarily known for its emergency medical helicopter transport, but also operates a fleet of land vehicles and fixed wing aircraft for the… …
7visual — [vizh′o͞o əl] adj. [ME < LL visualis < L visus, a sight: see VISION] 1. a) of, connected with, or used in seeing b) based on, designed for, or controlled by the use of sight [visual flight rules] 2. that is or can be seen; visible 3 …
8Visual meteorological conditions — In aviation, visual meteorological conditions (or VMC) is an aviation flight category in which visual flight rules (VFR) flight is permitted that is, conditions in which pilots have sufficient visibility to fly the aircraft maintaining visual… …
9Visual Flight Rules — Unter Sichtflug versteht man den Flug, bei dem der Pilot die Fluglage durch visuelle Anhaltspunkte außerhalb des Flugzeugs kontrolliert. Gegensatz dazu ist der Instrumentenflug. Im Sichtflug ist ein Mindest Wolkenabstand einzuhalten Rechtlich… …
10Flight planning — A Tarom Boeing 737 300 and United Airlines Boeing 777 200 taxiing to depart London Heathrow Airport. Flight planning is the process of producing a flight plan to describe a proposed aircraft flight. It involves two …
