Instrument Approach Procedure Definition - MilitaryDictionary.org

instrument approach procedure

Term Source: JP 3-04 (Joint Shipboard Helicopter and Tiltrotor Aircraft Operations) ?

1.) A series of predetermined maneuvers for the orderly transfer of an aircraft under instrument flight conditions from the beginning of the initial approach to a landing or to a point from which a landing may be made visually or the missed approach procedure is initiated.

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Term Classification: operations

Source:

Department of Defence, Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

Term sourced from JP 3-04: Joint Shipboard Helicopter and Tiltrotor Aircraft Operations, updated December 2012 View source document

This term is marked as active and was last updated in 2015

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