FLIGHT DECK Definition & Meaning

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flight deck

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.

flight deck

noun

the crew compartment in an airliner Compare cockpit
the upper deck of an aircraft carrier from which aircraft take off and on which they land

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of flight deck¹

First recorded in 1920–25

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The team sees the Proteus taking off from a Royal Navy frigate, flying to pre-set co-ordinates, dropping the high-tech buoys, then returning to the flight deck.

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Flight 2494 was preparing for departure to Indianapolis when "a bullet apparently struck the right side of the aircraft under the flight deck", a Southwest spokesperson told the BBC's US partner, CBS News.

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“More than just names and ranks, they were role models, trailblazers, and women whose influence touched countless people on the flight deck and well beyond,” Navy officials said in a statement.

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They were dropped back into the sea by the ship's crew, who had gathered on the flight deck to watch.

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The experiment, conducted by researchers from the University of Washington, involved spraying tiny sea-salt particles across the flight deck of a decommissioned aircraft carrier, the U.S.S.

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