Sentence examples for fly a set from inspiring English sources

They fly a set pattern to approach the runway, usually in a "U" shape, at an altitude of about 1,000 feet, with the last turn lining up their aircraft with the runway.

The pilot just has to fly a set route and the system handles the rest.

Friday's events will serve as training for the pilots, who are required to fly a set number of hours each month "to maintain proficiency".

But last year, I received a tempting offer from American Airlines: fly a set number of miles, reduced from the normal level, within a given time, and they'd give me "platinum" status.

In the fruit fly, a set of projection neurons that carry olfactory information directly from the antennal lobes to the lateral protocerebrum appear to be important for more stereotypical "experience-independent" behaviors [74].

It flies a flag, sets up internal police to govern its subjects' adherence to its interpretation of Islamic laws and customs, and maintains financial viability through the control of seized oil assets.

Foudroyant was flying a full set of sails and therefore suffered severe damage to its rigging in the opening exchange, the additional speed provided by this rig forcing Foudroyant to move ahead of the French vessel.

(Late in the piece, a flying door set against a starry sky makes a brief and witty reference to a popular screensaver).

Flies were placed into a climbing apparatus, and the vertical height that flies reached at a set time point was recorded to generate a climbing index.

In 2006, he and a co-pilot, Einar Enevoldson, became the first people to fly a glider into the stratosphere, setting an altitude record of 50,671 feet.

During the course of the flights, the pilot was set a task of flying at a set altitude (the 'target' altitude), but due to weather conditions or other obstacles the actual altitude of the plane can vary widely.