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contact flying

American  

noun

  1. aircraft piloting in which visual reference is made to the horizon and its landmarks.

Etymology

Origin of contact flying

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40

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It is this quick shift from "instrument" to "contact" flying that separates the men from the boys.

From Time Magazine Archive

Infantry contact flying was necessarily hazardous.

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