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free flight

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free flight
n.
Flight, as of an aircraft or spacecraft, after termination of powered flight.

free flight
n
(Astronautics) the flight of a rocket, missile, etc., when its engine has ceased to produce thrust


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``Scramjet engines had been operated in wind tunnels since the 1950s, but had never been flown in free flight, fully integrated to a hypersonic-shaped airframe,'' he said.
Everybody knows that, and yet there is the seemingly frantic race for cramming more and more formal knowledge in children's minds, even during leisure hours, thereby threatening the free flight of the spirit.
We expect this test to yield valuable data as it moves toward free flight testing of Sanswire 2A at Edwards Air Force Base," stated Lt.
 
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