| ABM |
abbreviation of "antiballistic missile," a missile designed to meet and destroy a ballistic missile in flight. |
| airworthy |
fit and safe for use in flight. |
| antiballistic missile |
a missile designed to meet and destroy a ballistic missile in flight. |
| astronaut |
a person trained to take part in space flight. |
| aviation |
the act, practice, or technology of human flight, esp. in airplanes. |
| barrel roll |
a maneuver in which an aircraft completes one spiral revolution around its lengthwise axis, without changing direction of flight. |
| bumpy |
of a ride or flight, causing passengers and objects to suddenly bounce up and down, or to feel as if they are being bounced. [1/2 definitions] |
| burnout |
the end of firing of a rocket's engine prior to unpowered flight. [1/3 definitions] |
| carrier |
a very large naval vessel equipped with a flight deck; aircraft carrier. [1/6 definitions] |
| chase1 |
to force in a given direction by pursuit or the like; put to flight. [1/9 definitions] |
| dealate |
having lost the wings in combat, through injury, or the like, as certain insects that shed their wings after the mating flight. |
| feather |
to turn the chords of (propeller blades) parallel to the line of flight, or turn off (a plane's engine) during flight. [2/12 definitions] |
| flame-out |
failure of the combustion of a jet engine while the aircraft is in flight. |
| fledge |
to tend (a young bird) and prepare it for flight. [2/4 definitions] |
| fledgling |
a young bird that has just grown flight feathers or learned to fly. [1/2 definitions] |
| flight attendant |
a person whose job is to help passengers on an airplane during a flight. |
| flight engineer |
the member of a flight crew who handles the mechanical aspects of a flight. |
| flight feather |
any of the larger, stronger feathers in the wing or tail of a bird that are crucial for its flight. |
| flush3 |
to frighten from cover or cause to start up or take flight. [3 definitions] |
| flutter |
to fly with light, swift wing movements or to move the wings lightly and swiftly up and down in flight, as a bird. [1/9 definitions] |
| flyby |
a flight over or close to a designated point, area, or target by an aircraft or spacecraft for the purpose of making aerial observations. |