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flight path
n.
The precise route taken or due to be taken through the air by an aircraft or spacecraft.
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Noun1.flight pathflight path - the path of a rocket or projectile or aircraft through the air
itinerary, route, path - an established line of travel or access
2.flight path - a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another
approach path, glide path, glide slope, approach - the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
holding pattern - the flight path (usually circular) maintained by an aircraft that is awaiting permission to land
itinerary, route, path - an established line of travel or access

The line connecting the successive positions occupied, or to be occupied, by an aircraft, missile, or space vehicle as it moves through air or space.
Translations
Spanish flight path ntrayectoria de vuelo
French flight path ntrajectoire f (de vol)
German flight path nFlugbahn f
Italian flight path n [of aircraft] → rotta di volo; [of rocket, projectile] → traiettoria

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US regulators have banned virtually all small planes from a popular New York flight path over safety and security concerns prompted by this week's crash of a plane that hit a Manhattan high rise.
As the cone spreads across the landscape along the flight path, it creates a continuous sonic boom along the full width of the cone's base.
Moving in for a rear quarter missile shot, he then reversed his turn into the flight path of Dash-3, who he'd been belly-up to during the last half of the attack on the F-16.
 
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