present participle of take flight

simple past tense of take flight

past participle of take flight

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of take flight

A series of cinematic shots of the flight of an aircraft

(spectroscopy) The measurement of the time taken by an object, particle or wave to travel a distance through a medium.

(politics, dated) A form of extrajudicial killing done by military forces in possession of aircraft by which victims are dropped to their death from airplanes or helicopters into oceans, large rivers or mountains.

(aviation) A system of a narrow horizontal and vertical bar overlaid on an aircraft's attitude indicator; the bars deflect to provide guidance as to the pitch and roll inputs required to maintain the desired flightpath.

plural of flight director

Synonym of bomber jacket