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VFR direct

VFR direct adverb: while flying under visual flight rules, finding one's own route without formal reliance on navigation aids, defined fixes, or the like.

Adverb

VFR direct (not comparable)

  1. While flying under visual flight rules, finding one's own route without formal reliance on navigation aids, defined fixes, or the like.
  2. (US, slang) Bypassing normal channels, particularly skipping intervening levels in the chain of command.
    • He went VFR direct to the general, and without having gotten his facts straight.

Questions about VFR direct

What does VFR direct mean?
VFR direct means while flying under visual flight rules, finding one's own route without formal reliance on navigation aids, defined fixes, or the like.
What part of speech is VFR direct?
VFR direct is an adverb.

Words near VFR direct in the dictionary

  1. VFM
  2. VFO
  3. VFOs
  4. VFP
  5. VFR
  6. VFR direct
  7. VFRs
  8. VFS
  9. vftable
  10. vftables
  11. VFW

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