flight deck
noun
1
: the uppermost complete deck of an aircraft carrier
2
: the forward compartment in some airplanes
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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.
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Christopher Flavelle Ian C. Bates, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
This is the third time Boeing has failed to disclose a flight deck feature to 737 MAX pilots.
—Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2024
Dunn was authorized to carry a firearm via the Transportation Security Administration’s Federal Flight Deck Officer program, meant to defend the flight deck against criminal violence or air piracy.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2023
Memorial service: The USS Midway Museum will host a memorial service on the ship’s flight deck on Monday at 2:30 p.m.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2023
White icicle lights crisscrossed from decorative truss towers are on the carrier’s flight deck and nearly a dozen of Midway’s aircraft are wrapped in holiday lights.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Dec. 2023
With the carrier’s flight deck still struggling with reliability, training and personnel allocation issues, the Navy is, obviously, reluctant to put it to a high-profile test.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
The flight deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Strait of Malacca, April 1, 2018.
—WSJ, 3 Jan. 2024
The [first officer] said her headset was completely removed due to the rapid outflow of air from the flight deck.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2024
Christopher Flavelle Ian C. Bates, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
This is the third time Boeing has failed to disclose a flight deck feature to 737 MAX pilots.
—Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2024
Dunn was authorized to carry a firearm via the Transportation Security Administration’s Federal Flight Deck Officer program, meant to defend the flight deck against criminal violence or air piracy.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2023
Memorial service: The USS Midway Museum will host a memorial service on the ship’s flight deck on Monday at 2:30 p.m.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2023
White icicle lights crisscrossed from decorative truss towers are on the carrier’s flight deck and nearly a dozen of Midway’s aircraft are wrapped in holiday lights.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Dec. 2023
With the carrier’s flight deck still struggling with reliability, training and personnel allocation issues, the Navy is, obviously, reluctant to put it to a high-profile test.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
The flight deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Strait of Malacca, April 1, 2018.
—WSJ, 3 Jan. 2024
The [first officer] said her headset was completely removed due to the rapid outflow of air from the flight deck.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2024
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