Sentence examples similar to skill of flying from inspiring English sources

He had better luck in 1938, when he won the Greve Trophy Race at the nationals, and he finished second in 1939 at the nationals in the premier Thompson Trophy Race, then considered the nation's greatest test of flying skill.

Much is made, naturally, of the importance of the new arrival proving himself to the locals through an exhibition of flying skills, a display of magical abilities that the young boy is not yet entirely convinced he can pull off.

Pilots were rotated out of CAM assignments after two round-trip voyages to avoid the deterioration of flying skills from the lack of flying time during the assignment.

There on the beach he happened to see Irv Kalb, then the reigning Frisbee freestyle champion, demonstrating his skills with an array of flying discs made for professional sportsmen.

All licenses are valid so long as a pilot can pass the periodic physical and eye examinations and tests of flying skills required by the FAA and company regulations.

Most of the skill in flying a plane is taking off and landing safely.

Dreams of flying recur.

BEWARE of flying hats.

The cost of flying fell, the safety of flying rose.

The prospect of flying blind.

He was afraid of flying.