flying light
Example Sentences
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In 2021, he obtained a license for flying light “sport” aircraft that can carry up to two people, before getting a private pilot license in 2024, the post said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026
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
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
We were flying light, and you may imagine how bad it was when I tell you we had smashed bulwarks and a flooded deck.
From Youth, a Narrative by Conrad, Joseph
