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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation instrument flight rules
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- initialism aviation Instrument Flight Rules, a set of rules for a pilot flying on
instruments in contrast to Visual Flight Rules ("VFR ").
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I wonder, when you call the IFR, does a robot answer the phone?
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So I can have all the facts and all the most informed and smartest experts on my side like Hansen and Hunter and all the objective analysis like that two year DOE study showing the IFR was the best nuclear design, but that may not be enough.
Steve Kirsch: Climate Bill Ignores Our Biggest Clean Energy Source 2009
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CARMODY: The pilot was flying under an IFR, which is instrument flight rules.
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The IFR, which is cooled by liquid sodium rather than water, is called a "fast" reactor because it uses fast neutrons instead of slow ones in its nuclear chain reaction.
Latest Articles 2009
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"IFR" magazine Editor-in-Chief Jeff Van West spent time in the Tower at Kennedy airport to see what it takes to run the operation during the evening push and why it takes two years for a controller to reach full qualification at one of the busiest airports in the Northeast.
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"IFR" magazine Editor-in-Chief Jeff Van West spent time in the Tower at Kennedy airport to see what it takes to run the operation during the evening push and why it takes two years for a controller to reach full qualification at one of the busiest airports in the Northeast.
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International Frontier Resources Corporation ( "IFR" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: IFR) reports that further to its news release dated February 23, 2010 the Company has now signed formal agreements to sell 100% of the issued share capital in the Company's wholly owned U.K.
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"IFR" magazine Editor-in-Chief Jeff Van West spent time in the Tower at Kennedy airport to see what it takes to run the operation during the evening push and why it takes two years for a controller to reach full qualification at one of the busiest airports in the Northeast.
WN.com - Articles related to Fame is 'just too difficult' for kids, says Janet Jackson 2010
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"IFR" magazine Editor-in-Chief Jeff Van West spent time in the Tower at Kennedy airport to see what it takes to run the operation during the evening push and why it takes two years for a controller to reach full qualification at one of the busiest airports in the Northeast.
WN.com - Articles related to Fame is 'just too difficult' for kids, says Janet Jackson 2010
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"IFR" (I follow roads) skills to good use when they landed their
HEADLINES 2009
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