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contact flying

noun

  1. 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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Example Sentences

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

Infantry contact flying was necessarily hazardous.

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