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VFR

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  1. visual flight rules.


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He requested special visual flight rules, or VFR, which allow pilots to fly in controlled airspace when ceilings are less than 1,000 feet or when visibility is less than three miles.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2020

While awaiting approval, the helicopter circled for 12 minutes until the special VFR was approved by air traffic control.”

From Fox News • Jan. 27, 2020

The pilot responded: “Copy that. We’ll maintain Special VFR, Copter 2Echox.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2020

That’s certainly what you get with Doom VFR.

From The Verge • Dec. 15, 2017

‘Honda’s VFR . Buell’s Firebolt . Guzzi,’ she muttered, dragging me around the stands.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd