IFR CONDITIONS - Weather conditions that require aircraft to be operated in accordance with instrument flight rules.
IFR conditions - 14 CFR 1.1
IFR Flight
IFR over-the-top, with respect to the operation of aircraft, - 14 CFR 1.1 ...
IFR Conditions: Weather conditions below the minimums for flight under visual flight rules. (FAR Part 1) ...
In IFR conditions there are definitely some instinctive forces that seem counter to your mental inputs. Placing your safety in your instruments suddenly becomes difficult to impossible..
I'll just say I entered IFR conditions shortly after takeoff (500ft AGL) and was unprepared for it. I was mad at myself for making such a dumb mistake but figured it was something I could learn from. I'm instrument rated with 1,500 hours.
'The airspace is very busy on the East Coast, and the TCAS has really paid for itself with its excellent warning system, especially in IFR conditions. We typically fly the airplane out and back in a day.
Hood: A hat-like contrivance with a long bill that hangs over a pilot's face to obstruct his view out the window, simulating IFR conditions.
STATION KEEPING EQUIPMENT (SKE). Electronic equipment aboard USAF C130 and C141 aircraft that enables the aircraft to maintain its proper position in formation during IFR conditions.
Aerocaribbean Ilyushin Il-18 en route from Santo Domingo International Airport to Gregorio Luperón International Airport, crashes into the side of Mount Isabel de Torres, in Puerto Plata province -Dominican Republic- while flying in IFR conditions on ...
 See also: Aircraft, Flight, Direct, Pilot, VFR
  
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