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

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The pilot filed a flight plan before taking off.

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But this time around, the license covered multiple test flights using roughly the same flight plan. —

William Harwood, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2024 The aircraft additionally automates processes such as filing flight plans and performing pre-flight checklists. —

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 See all Example Sentences for flight plan