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contact flying
noun
aircraft piloting in which visual reference is made to the horizon and its landmarks.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of contact flying1
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.
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Infantry contact flying was necessarily hazardous.
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