How to Use cruising altitude in a Sentence

cruising altitude

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Definition of cruising altitudenext
  • Plus, planes are subject to more intense solar radiation at cruising altitude, and the white paint can help reflect it.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2024
  • The pilot just announced that your flight has reached cruising altitude, so the seat belt sign has been turned off.
    — Katherine Wright, Scientific American, 1 July 2023
  • The mishap could have been far more catastrophic had the plane reached cruising altitude.
    — Niraj Chokshi, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
  • While some fall asleep before the plane reaches cruising altitude, others are antsy throughout a red-eye flight.
    — Lindsay Tigar, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2023
  • Homendy said that if the blowout had happened a few minutes later, after the plane reached cruising altitude, the accident might have become a tragedy.
    — Terry Spencer, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2024
  • From what to sip with those delicious Biscoff cookies to the science behind our cravings at cruising altitude, here’s what Kuhn had to say.
    — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Riley moves fast out of the gate, in short order showing Cootie’s progress from giant baby, to giant boy and, when the series reaches its cruising altitude, giant 19-year-old.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
  • After the aircraft departed Kendari and reached cruising altitude, the pilot-in-command asked for permission to also rest and the second-in-command took over the aircraft.
    — Manveena Suri and Alex Stambaugh, CNN, 10 Mar. 2024
  • The playing is generally strong throughout, reaching cruising altitude after the first couple of dates, but as aways with Floyd concerts, the singing is very uneven and often off-key.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Safety experts have said the accident could have been catastrophic if the Alaska jet had reached cruising altitude.
    — David Koenig, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The aircraft has hit cruising altitude, there’s no turbulence, and you’re settled comfortably in your seat, eager to give the in-flight entertainment your full attention.
    — Blane Bachelor, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The unnamed officials said that's because neither the United States nor its allies detected the heat signature of a missile capable of hitting this jet at cruising altitude.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Instead, the pilots pulled up, climbing to cruising altitude and continued to the flight’s destination of San Francisco without any other problems.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2023
  • This growing meteorological chaos is also being felt at cruising altitude.
    — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 5 Sep. 2023

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