flight

Example Sentences

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This week it joined United Airlines, Southwest Airlines and JetBlue Airways in boosting bag fees, and said it planned to trim flight schedules.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

"We know they're nesting when we start seeing single cranes out in flight," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Rick Henfling, flight director for the Artemis II mission, stressed Tuesday that "the toilet remains operational. The challenge that we're working through is evacuating the wastewater tank," he said.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

The center has pushed the limits of human flight for decades — and collected a lot of data doing so.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

One afternoon in January 1956, after an uneventful practice flight in his F.84F Thunderstreak, Powers was surprised to see his name on a list stuck to the squadron bulletin board.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin