The word 'flypast' is correct and usable in written English.
It refers to a ceremonial or formal flight of aircraft over a particular area or event, often for a special occasion or to honor someone or something. Example: The Queen's Diamond Jubilee was celebrated with a grand flypast by the Royal Air Force, as dozens of planes flew over Buckingham Palace in formation.
[gentle criticism of Israeli polonophobia here] "In the past I visited an air base in northern Israel, and saw a very well done documentary about a flypast of Israeli pilots over Auschwitz - a wonderful statement of victory over evil.
The derring-do continued, despite a leg wound caused by anti-aircraft fire the following March and a lucky escape soon after when he had to bale out at low altitude after his aircraft had hit another during a victory flypast over Bremerhaven.
And on July 1st, NASA, America's space agency, plans to launch a mission that will, in a rather gentler way, fly past at least two comets over the next five years.This mission, the Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR), will carry out the closest flypast of a comet so far.
BASTILLE DAY on July 14th, with its shiny military parade and precision flypast over the Champs-Elysées, is meant to be a time to celebrate French grandeur before the nation heads off on holiday.
Outside, there was a 21-gun salute and a flypast of warplanes in a "missing man formation", used to salute a fallen pilot.
As part of the celebrations, there will be anthems, a flypast by the Snowbirds - a military aircraft display team - and a link-up with Canadian Forces in Kandahar, Southern Afghanistan.
A Lancaster bomber has carried out a flypast over the Derwent reservoir to mark the historic World War II raid on German dams.
The world's oldest First World War veteran yesterday took pride of place beside the Queen to watch a spectacular flypast of 90 aircraft – one for each year of the RAF's history – at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.
The flypast is one of several events taking place to mark the anniversary of the daring Dams Raid of May 16-17 1943 during the Second World War.
David Cameron is joining the royal family and former prisoners of war at a memorial in London, followed by another service in Horse Guards Parade, a flypast and march.
This week, celebrations will take place in several parts of the country, including a flypast from one of the aircraft involved.
