flight plan
Noun
Meaning
flight plan (plural flight plans)
A document filed by a pilot prior to departure, containing essential information about the flight.
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Additionally, an IFR flight plan must usually be filed in advance.
Burgess and Hall, p.150 At 10:00 ( Moscow Time ), Gagarin and Titov were given a final review of the flight plan.
The clearance can also specify a departure procedure (DP) or standard instrument departure (SID) that should be followed unless "NO DP" is specified in the notes section of the filed flight plan.
Flight 587 operated under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 on an instrument flight rules flight plan.
He continued to personally authorize each flight, closely examining maps and sometimes making changes to the flight plan.
Human operators, however, could change the DarkStar's flight plan and sensor orientation through radio or satellite relay.