flight : Idioms & Phrases

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connecting flight

  • noun a flight with an intermediate stop and a change of aircraft (possibly a change of airlines)
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direct flight

  • noun a flight with one or more intermediate stops but no change of aircraft
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domestic flight

  • noun a flight that begins and ends in the same country
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flight attendant

  • noun an attendant on an airplane
    steward.
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flight control

  • noun control from ground stations of airplanes in flight by means of messages transmitted to the pilot electronically
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flight deck

  • noun the upper deck of an aircraft carrier; used as a runway
    landing deck.
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flight engineer

  • noun the flight crewman responsible for mechanical operation while in flight
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flight feather

  • noun any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
    flight feather; quill feather; quill; pinion.
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Flight feathers

  • noun any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
    flight feather; quill feather; quill; pinion.
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  • (Zoöl.), the wing feathers of a bird, including the quills, coverts, and bastard wing. See Bird.
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flight indicator

  • noun a navigational instrument based on a gyroscope; it artificially provides a simulated horizon for the pilot
    gyro horizon; artificial horizon.
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flight line

  • noun place where airplanes are parked and the maintenance hangars (but not the runways or taxiways)
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flight maneuver

  • noun a maneuver executed by an aircraft
    airplane maneuver.
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flight of stairs

  • noun a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
    flight of stairs; flight.
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flight of steps

  • noun a stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next
    flight of stairs; flight.
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flight path

  • noun the path of a rocket or projectile or aircraft through the air
  • noun a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another
    air lane; skyway; airway.
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flight simulator

  • noun simulator consisting of a machine on the ground that simulates the conditions of flying a plane
    trainer.
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flight strip

  • noun an airfield without normal airport facilities
    landing strip; airstrip; strip.
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flight surgeon

  • noun a medical officer specializing in aviation medicine
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flight-shot

Flight"-shot` noun
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  1. The distance to which an arrow or flight may be shot; bowshot, -- about the fifth of a mile. Prov. Eng. & Scot.
    Within a flight-shot it inthe valley. Evelyn.
    Half a flight-shot from the king's oak. Sir W. Scott.
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in flight

  • adverb flying through the air
    on the wing.
    • we saw the ducks in flight
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international flight

  • noun a flight that takes off in one country and lands in another
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line of flight

  • noun the path along which a freely moving object travels through the air
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low level flight

  • noun flight at very low altitudes
    low level flight.
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maiden flight

  • noun the first flight of its kind
    • the Stealth bomber made its maiden flight in 1989
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nonstop flight

  • noun a flight made without intermediate stops between source and destination
    nonstop.
    • how many nonstops are there to Dallas?
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redeye flight

  • noun a night flight from which the passengers emerge with eyes red from lack of sleep
    redeye.
    • he took the redeye in order to get home the next morning
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take flight

  • verb run away quickly
    fly; flee.
    • He threw down his gun and fled
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terrain flight

  • noun flight at very low altitudes
    low level flight.
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To put to flight, To turn to flight

  • to compel to run away; to force to flee; to rout.
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To wing a flight

  • to exert the power of flying; to fly.
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top-flight

  • adjective satellite excellent; best possible
    top-hole; topping.
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