flight deck

noun

: the uppermost complete deck of an aircraft carrier

: the forward compartment in some airplanes

Examples of flight deck in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web All 737 exit doors have such an indicator light in the flight deck if one of the plane’s doors moves out of locked position. —

Chris Isidore, CNN, 7 Aug. 2024 Flight attendants also could not make contact with the flight deck because of the noise. —

Ayesha Ali, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2024 The Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum is hosting a similar viewing event but with the opportunity to watch from the flight deck of the Intrepid aircraft carrier, located at Pier 86 on the Hudson River. —

Jager Weatherby, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2024 Underneath a United States flag at the far end of the flight deck was the sprayer: Shiny blue, roughly the shape and size of a spotlight, with a ring of tiny steel nozzles around its three-foot-wide mouth. —

Christopher Flavelle Ian C. Bates, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for flight deck

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