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
"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
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 Sir Edward Belcher
