flight deck
noun
1
: the uppermost complete deck of an aircraft carrier
2
: the forward compartment in some airplanes
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Underneath a United States flag at the far end of the flight deck was the sprayer: Shiny blue, roughly the shape and size of a spotlight, with a ring of tiny steel nozzles around its three-foot-wide mouth.
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Christopher Flavelle Ian C. Bates, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
This is the third time Boeing has failed to disclose a flight deck feature to 737 MAX pilots.
—Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2024
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Christopher Flavelle Ian C. Bates, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
This is the third time Boeing has failed to disclose a flight deck feature to 737 MAX pilots.
—Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2024
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“Flight deck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flight%20deck. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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