Flight

Flight

Flight is the process by which an object moves, through an atmosphere (especially the air) or beyond it (as in the case of spaceflight), by generating aerodynamic lift, propulsive thrust, aerostatically using buoyancy, or by ballistic movement, without direct support from any surface.

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Famous quotes containing the word flight:

    “One man’s observation is another man’s closed book or flight of fancy.”
    —Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)

    “What a cunning mixture of sentiment, pity, tenderness, irony surrounds adolescence, what knowing watchfulness! Young birds on their first flight are hardly so hovered around.”
    —Georges Bernanos (1888–1948)