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accompanied by a brilliant flash.
Loss
of vision may occur due to lightning
flashes especially at night.  verb 1. to
give off light in regular bursts  warning
lights flash warning lights go on
and off rapidly 2. to appear or to happen
suddenly
The image flashed onto the
screen.
flash point flash point /flʃ pɔnt/ noun temperature
at which fuel vapour or oil
vapour will burst into flame
flat flat /flt/ adjective 1. having a horizontal
surface without a slope, tilt or
curvature
It has been shown that the
flat chart misrepresents the globeshaped
earth.  flat country country
with no hills or mountains 2. having no
air inside
The flat tyre had to be
changed because it had a puncture. 3.
electrically discharged or with no electrical
charge left in it
The engine
wouldn’t start because the battery was
flat.
flat spin flat spin /flt spn/ noun a descent
in small circles by an aircraft flying in a
nearly horizontal position
flatten flatten /flt(ə)n/, flatten out verb to
make flat
As altitude increases, the
countryside appears to flatten out.

The Earth is spherical in shape but it is
flattened at the poles.
flaw flaw /flɔ/ noun an imperfection in a
material, often hidden, that may be an
indication of future structural failure 
flaw detection a process or system by
which small weaknesses in metal structures
are found
flew flew /flu/  fly
flexibility flexibility /fleks|blti/ noun 1. the
amount or extent to which something
can be bent or flexed
Wing structures
must have flexibility in order to absorb
sudden changes in loading. 2. the extent
to which a system or device can change
or respond to a variety of conditions or
situations
The more reliable and quick
fly-by-wire system allows a much
greater degree of flexibility with aircraft
stability. Opposite rigidity
flexible flexible /fleksb(ə)l/ adjective 1. not
rigid, not stiff  flexible pipes pipes
made of soft material such as rubber or
plastic 2. capable of responding to a
variety of conditions or situations;
adaptable
AC electrical energy is
more flexible and more efficient than
DC. Opposite rigid
flier flier /flaə/ noun 1. the pilot of an aircraft
2. a passenger on an aircraft
flight flight /flat/ noun 1. the motion of an
object in or through the Earth’s atmosphere
or through space 2. the distance
covered by a body, e.g. an aircraft, as it
flies through the atmosphere
The
flight from London to Paris took 55 minutes.
3. a scheduled airline journey

Passengers for flight GF 008 to Amman
should proceed to gate number 4.
flight attendant flight attendant /flat ə|tendənt/
noun a member of the flight crew who
looks after passengers, serves food, etc.

If you need something, press the call
button and a cabin attendant will
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respond within a few minutes. Also
called cabin attendant
flight bag flight bag /flat b$/ noun a bag
used by flight crew to carry manuals,
documents, headset, etc.
flight-briefing room flight-briefing room /flat brifŋ
rum/ noun a room where instructors
talk to trainees immediately before a
training flight or where a pilot talks to
his or her crew immediately before
boarding the aircraft
flight crew flight crew /flat kru/ noun airline
staff responsible for flying the aircraft
flight data recorder flight data recorder /flat detə r|
kɔdə/ noun an electronic device
located in the tail section of an aircraft
that picks up and stores data about a
flight. Abbreviation FDR. Also called
black box (NOTE: It is often called the
black box, although it is not black.)
flight deck flight deck /flat dek/ noun a place
where the flight crew of an airliner sit
while flying the aircraft
flight deck instruments flight deck instruments plural
noun instruments used by the flight
crew when flying an aircraft
flight engineer flight engineer /flat end"nə/
noun the member of the crew of a plane
who is responsible for checking that its
systems, including the engines, perform
properly
flight envelope flight envelope /flat envələυp/
noun same as envelope
flight information region flight information region /flat
nfə|meʃ(ə)n ri"ən/ noun airspace
　
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