flight
n
(=journey) vol m
→ The flight will take four hours
a flight to un vol pour
→ I had an hour to wait for my flight to London.
→ We booked a flight to Canada.
What time is the flight to Paris? À quelle heure est le vol pour Paris?
flight 286 le vol numéro 286
→ BA flight 286 was two hours late
(=flying) vol m
→ Supersonic flight is expensive.
[+bird] vol m
→ They have lost the power of flight.
→ These hawks are magnificent in flight
(=escape) fuite f
→ his parents' flight from the revolution
→ Many people came to this country in desperate flight from wars or famines
to take flight prendre la fuite
→ He was contacted by telephone and told of the raid and decided to take flight almost immediately.
to put sb to flight mettre qn en fuite
[+steps] volée f
→ at the bottom of a flight of stone steps
two flights up au deuxième étage
→ He lives two flights up.
a flight of stairs un escalier
→ She sounded as though she had just run up two flights of stairs.
a flight of fancy
(=fanciful idea) une idée folle → A flight of fancy perhaps, but it's ideas like this that ... → Cockburn engaged in a flight of fancy, never once allowing facts to get in the way.
charter flight
n vol m charter
→ He is travelling on a charter flight.
connecting flight
n correspondance f , vol m de correspondance
flight attendant
n
(=man) steward m
(=woman) hôtesse f de l'air
flight crew
n équipage m
flight data recorder
n enregistreur m des paramètres de vol, enregistreur m des données de vol
flight deck
n
[+plane] poste m de pilotage
[+aircraft carrier] pont m d'envol
flight engineer
n mécanicien (ne) m/f de bord
flight lieutenant , flight-lieutenant
n (British) capitaine m de l'armée de l'air
flight number
n
[+plane] numéro m de vol
→ He's flying back from Washington today but I don't know his flight number.
flight path
n trajectoire f (de vol)
flight recorder
n enregistreur m de vol
flight simulator
n simulateur m de vol
→ ... a flight simulator used by the RAF for training Chinook pilots.
flight supplement
n supplément m vol
→ There is weekend flight supplement of £12 per person.
in-flight
adj
[meal] à bord
[movie] projeté (e) pendant le vol
The in-flight movie was Casablanca. Le film projeté pendant le vol était Casablanca.
British Midland's in-flight magazine le magazine destiné aux passagers des lignes British Midland
in-flight service service m de bord
manned space flight
n vol m spatial habité
→ The future for manned space flight is looking increasingly uncertain.
return flight
n (British)
(=journey back) vol m de retour, vol m retour
(=two-way journey) vol m aller et retour
space flight
n vol m spatial
→ She made her first and only space flight last September ...
→
manned space flight
test flight
n vol m d'essai
