Definition of instrument flying
: navigation of an airplane by instruments only
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Seip was was one of the first women to join the Wisconsin Civil Air Patrol, teaching instrument flying to military pilots.
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Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 May 2021
For six weeks last summer the DC-8 and a pair of Twin Otters similarly quilled with atmospheric-sampling instruments flew through more than 100 different columns.
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Kyle Dickman, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2020
The aircraft is equipped for instrument flying for operators licensed to do so — even with a solo pilot.
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New York Times, 30 Jan. 2020
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“Instrument flying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/instrument%20flying. Accessed 25 Jan. 2022.
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The first known use of instrument flying was in 1924
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