Definition of flight plan
: 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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Examples of flight plan in a Sentence
The pilot filed a flight plan before taking off.
Recent Examples of flight plan from the Web
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His enormous depth of knowledge about the airport benefits everyone under the John Wayne flight plan, making his departure especially mourned by those concerned about flight noise.
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To watch them was like watching two different flight plans precluded from an intersection.
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The plane's co-owner, who did have an instrument rating, reviewed Falbe's flight plan and the forecast weather two days before the crash.
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In particular, two meteorologists bear an enormous responsibility assisting with developing the flight plans for Solar Impulse, which could unexpectedly thrust the pilots into imminent danger with any severe weather changes.
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With a minute to go in the first-half, Konate came flying towards the basket, but Bane took off and stuck to a flight plan that targeted the front of the rim.
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Hearing that heavy fog was anticipated, Bette canceled her flight plans and instead took the train from New York to Cleveland.
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The Coast Guard identified the pilot of the Cirrus SR22T as Dr. Bill Kinsinger, who took off from Wiley Post Airport in Oklahoma City on Wednesday after filing a flight plan to land in Georgetown, Texas, about 25 miles north of Austin.
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Deputies say John Shannon filed a flight plan to Key West on Sunday morning, and his daughter Victoria, a Baltimore school teacher, and her husband Peter arrived in town yesterday for the holidays.
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First Known Use of flight plan
circa 1936
FLIGHT PLAN Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of flight plan for English Language Learners
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: a written statement that tells when and where an aircraft will fly
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