The phrase "a flight of planes" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a group of aircraft flying together, often in a coordinated manner.
Example: "As the sun set, we watched a flight of planes take off from the airport, their silhouettes against the orange sky."
Alternatives: "a formation of aircraft" or "a group of planes".
It is believed that Martin's plane, one of a flight of three planes, crashed into the side of Mt. San Gorgonio, about 22 miles northeast of here.
A single flight of planes no bigger than a wedge of geese can quickly end this island fantasy, burn the towers, crumble the bridges, turn the underground passages into lethal chambers, cremate the millions".
A single flight of planes no bigger than a wedge of geese can quickly end this island fantasy, burn the towers, crumble the bridges, turn the underground passages into lethal chambers, cremate millions.
HERE are a few lines written about New York in 1948, when the city was booming, cabs were hard to get and the best tables even harder: "A single flight of planes no bigger than a wedge of geese can quickly end this island fantasy, burn the towers, crumble the bridges, turn the underground passages into lethal chambers.
Much of what White observed long ago could be written now, including his ominous warning that the city is destructible, that "a single flight of planes no bigger than a wedge of geese can quickly end this island fantasy" and, among other things, "burn the towers".
Reading the piece now — a revisiting of the pulsing and romantic city he knew and worked in during his late twenties and early thirties — you look for death at the end, since he has just mentioned that a small flight of planes could now bring down the great shining structure in a moment, but he almost appears to have given up on the idea.
Reading the piece now—a revisiting of the pulsing and romantic city he knew and worked in during his late twenties and early thirties you look for death at the end, since he has just mentioned that a small flight of planes could now bring down the great shining structure in a moment, but he almost appears to have given up on the idea.
After a flight of about 10 hours, the plane sat on the tarmac for more than six hours before it could unload.
With what now seems like chilling prescience, in 1948 he wrote A single flight of planes...can quickly end this island fantasy, burn the towers, crumble the bridges, turn the underground passages into lethal chambers, cremate the millions.
They exalted modernity, poetry and speed, "deep-chested locomotives" and "the sleek flight of planes".
