From IFR Magazine reader David Brown:
In 1994, my wife and I flew from Virginia to Daytona, Florida. This was our first flight together in Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC). Several times, the controller called out traffic for us, and on most occasions, I responded with “16 Romeo is IMC.”
When we landed at Daytona Beach, my wife asked me what “IFC” meant. I corrected her that it was “IMC,” which meant we were in the clouds and unable to spot traffic, so we were flying in instrument flight conditions…