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Old April 14th 06, 01:07 PM posted to rec.aviation.ifr
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"Jose" wrote in message
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How would one operate IFR and VFR at the same time on this approach?


You would follow IFR (Instrument flight rules) and VFR (visual flight
rules) at the same time. VFR is primarily see and avoid. If you are in
VMC, you must see and avoid.


But see-and-avoid isn't specifically a VFR requirement. In fact, 91.113b
says explicitly, "When weather conditions permit, *regardless of whether an
operation is conducted under IFR or VFR*, vigilance shall be maintained by
each person operating an aircraft so as to see and avoid other aircraft"
(emphasis added).

So seeing and avoiding during an instrument approach does not amount to some
sort of IFR-VFR hybrid. Rather, it is just IFR.

--Gary