flight plan
noun
: a usually written statement (as by a pilot) of the details of an intended flight (as of an airplane or spacecraft) usually filed with an authority
Examples of flight plan in a Sentence
The pilot filed a flight plan before taking off.
Recent Examples on the Web
The aircraft additionally automates processes such as filing flight plans and performing pre-flight checklists.
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Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2024
The pass will cost $69 per month for the six flight plan and $129 per month for the 12 flight plan.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2024
Morgan Stanley reiterates Virgin Galactic as underweight Morgan Stanley cut its price target on the stock to $5 per share from $35 and said Virgin Galactic’s flight plans are too far pushed out.
—Michael Bloom, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2024
After four months of testing similar transistors on the ground, engineers determined the transistors on Europa Clipper could withstand the extreme radiation the spacecraft would encounter around Jupiter, without any changes to the mission's flight plan or trajectory.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 9 Sep. 2024
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Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2024
The pass will cost $69 per month for the six flight plan and $129 per month for the 12 flight plan.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2024
Morgan Stanley reiterates Virgin Galactic as underweight Morgan Stanley cut its price target on the stock to $5 per share from $35 and said Virgin Galactic’s flight plans are too far pushed out.
—Michael Bloom, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2024
After four months of testing similar transistors on the ground, engineers determined the transistors on Europa Clipper could withstand the extreme radiation the spacecraft would encounter around Jupiter, without any changes to the mission's flight plan or trajectory.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 9 Sep. 2024
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“Flight plan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flight%20plan. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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