Sentence examples for flight set from inspiring English sources
Her mother saw the city's fortunes change as the mills closed and white flight set in.
The flight set a new record for both distance flown and time in the air.
The trans-Atlantic flight set records for distance in a straight line — 1,882 miles — and flight duration: 38 hours, 52 minutes, 14 seconds.
An Air India flight set on fire mid-air as it prepared for landing in Delhi, injuring at least four people.
A solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) built by British defense-technology company QinetiQ quadrupled the previous record for the longest unmanned flight, set in 2008.
That June he was seconded to the RAF High Speed Flight, set up for development work - and to break the world air speed record.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla .— With seconds to spare after a last-minute glitch, the repaired shuttle Discovery, grounded since November because of vexing fuel tank cracks, rocketed into orbit Thursday on its 39th and final flight, setting off for the International Space Station to deliver supplies, equipment and a final American storage module.
The recovery of the Shenzhou 4 capsule, which touched down yesterday in northern China after a 7-day flight, sets the stage for a flight later this year by one or two members of China's 12-person corps of "taikonauts".
All the fight-and-flight set pieces are choreographed with clarity and pizzazz, too; it's just a pity that there aren't more of them.
The hodgepodge of New Age songs and the cutesy clown vignettes set the mind to wandering, while the top-flight set pieces of physical prowess set it to reeling.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has already listed the city in its reservations system, with flights set for four times a week beginning Sept. 1, provided it receives the necessary approval.
