"VFR direct" meaning in English

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Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} VFR direct (not comparable)
  1. (aviation) While flying under visual flight rules, finding one's own route without formal reliance on navigation aids, defined fixes, or the like. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Aviation, Aviation
    Sense id: en-VFR_direct-en-adv-QkPbn2EK Disambiguation of Aviation: 81 19 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (US military, slang) Bypassing normal channels, particularly skipping intervening levels in the chain of command. Tags: US, not-comparable, slang Categories (topical): Military, Military
    Sense id: en-VFR_direct-en-adv-TBPgeMW- Disambiguation of Military: 18 82 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 64 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 30 70 Topics: government, military, politics, war

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