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noun

Navy. the upper deck of an aircraft carrier, constructed and equipped for the landing and takeoff of aircraft.

Aeronautics. (in certain aircraft) an elevated compartment containing the instruments and controls used by the pilot, copilot, and flight engineer to operate the aircraft.

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Origin of flight deck

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby flight deck

flight arrow, flight attendant, flight bag, flight capital, flight control, flight deck, flight engineer, flight feather, flight formation, flight instrument, flight leader

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How to use flight deck in a sentence

The barriers, according to an FAA press release about the mandate, are intended to shelter the flight deck “from intrusion and small arms fire or fragmentation devices, such as grenades.”
The post-9/11 flight security changes you don’t see|Rob Verger|September 9, 2021|Popular-Science
The authors note, for example, the machine should in theory be able to accurately simulate the air flow around a helicopter trying to land on a flight deck and semi-automate the process—something not possible with traditional chips.
The Trillion-Transistor Chip That Just Left a Supercomputer in the Dust|Jason Dorrier|November 22, 2020|Singularity Hub
This made AIMS the gateway for all communications to and from the flight deck.
MH370 Debris Is Lost Forever, Can the Plane Be Found Without It?|Clive Irving|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was not a surveillance device that could betray intrusion or malpractice on the flight deck.
MH370’s Pilots Behaved As They Should in an Emergency, Not as Sinister Killers|Clive Irving|March 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The AIMS units are the gateway for all communications to and from the flight deck.
How Flight 370 Could Have Become a Zombie|Clive Irving|March 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Flight deck displays look like the TV department of an electronics store.
Your iPod (Most Likely) Won’t Bring Down the Plane|Clive Irving|October 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
There had been 32 previous cases of flight deck emergencies caused by false speed readings.
Who’s to Blame for Flight 447?|Clive Irving|July 29, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The two youths took their leave of the force commander and returned thoughtfully to the Trenton's flight deck.
Dave Dawson at Truk|Robert Sydney Bowen
He stopped because he caught sight of the vice-admiral's aide hurrying toward them across the flight deck.
Dave Dawson at Truk|Robert Sydney Bowen
At any rate, it's much better than standing here on this blasted flight deck eating our hearts out.
Dave Dawson at Truk|Robert Sydney Bowen
He reached it and probably set a new ship's record for reaching the flight deck in jig time.
Dave Dawson at Truk|Robert Sydney Bowen
There were no jets warming up on the flight deck, there were no sounds of chipping hammers.
Decision|Frank M. Robinson

British Dictionary definitions for flight deck

flight deck

noun

the crew compartment in an airlinerCompare cockpit (def. 1)

the upper deck of an aircraft carrier from which aircraft take off and on which they land

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