flight path

Example Sentences

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The pop-star-to-film-star flight path often ends in a crash.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

Along the shortest flight path between Moscow and Washington, D.C.—an arc known as the great-circle distance—Greenland sits midway.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Starship’s upper stage reached the highest planned point in its flight path, but it went into a spin on the way down, blowing up over the Indian Ocean.

From Salon • Jan. 12, 2026

"Subsequently, there is a deviation observed in the vehicle flight path."

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

We didn’t have to worry about very cold regions, because, whether returning from earth orbit or from the moon, our flight path stayed near the equator, where the climate is warm.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins