flight bag

American  

noun

1. a lightweight shoulder bag designed for carrying sundries aboard an aircraft.

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Etymology

Origin of flight bag

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Older versions of a digital tool used to calculate landing and take-off speeds on some aircraft could be tampered with by hackers with direct access to an “Electronic Flight Bag,” or EFB, a tablet device used by pilots to plan flights, cybersecurity firm Pen Test Partners said in a report.

From Reuters

The plot is set in motion when Bobby, a salvage diver, gets assigned to explore the wreckage of a sunken jet off the coast of Mississippi, and discovers that the plane’s black box, the pilot’s flight bag and the body of one of the passengers are all missing.

From New York Times

Cohen instead wandered down to the basement and, in a closet filled with crumpled newspapers, unearthed Glenn’s flight bag along with his personalized Senate attache case.

From Washington Post

But apart from my flight bag, all my British pilot’s gear had to be destroyed, helmet and parachute and all.

From Literature

If I’d known how essential those mittens would be now, I’d never have taken them out of my flight bag—except to wear them.

From Literature