flying machine

American  

noun

1. a vehicle that sustains itself in and propels itself through the air; an airplane, helicopter, glider, or the like.

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Etymology

Origin of flying machine

First recorded in 1730–40

Example Sentences

The flying machine zigged and zagged, dodging eagles and vultures.

From Literature

The Drone was a small flying machine with a special camera attached to its underside.

From Literature

Roz found the flying machine upside down, with its landing gear poking above the rows of leafy plants.

From Literature

Yet in some ways, Pivotal’s technology is even more audacious, in that it puts a human pilot—potentially a squirmy, Earth-hugging rookie like me—squarely into the control loop of a flying machine.

From The Wall Street Journal

Gannon-Doak is Scotland's flying machine, the man-child who was supposed to scare the wits out of the Greeks with his speed and his daring, and electrify Hampden with his personality.

From BBC