flying light
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To research 1966's "Flying Finish," Mary learned how to fly planes, eventually starting her own air taxi business and writing a guide to flying light aircraft under her own name.
From Salon • Nov. 19, 2022
"I've been flying light aircraft for a long time," Philips said, "and I've never seen a countryside more devoid of people."
From Time Magazine Archive
Ron Pintier was flying light and low above the northern wilds of the Democratic Republic of Congo when he saw a dark shape racing between two patches of tropical forest.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like the barnstormers of the 1920s, their pilots have been flying light single-engined planes, edging them over the Hump by instinct and seat-of-the-pants navigation.
From Time Magazine Archive
When very crank, she is said to be flying light.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
