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fly-by

NOUN
  1. a flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground

How To Use fly-by In A Sentence

  • Some are fly-by-nighters who don't even care where the buttons are.
  • Sometimes the counterfeiters are fly-by-night operations, but just as often they're legitimate companies that have a dark side.
  • Features of the CH-53K helicopter include: a joint interoperable glass cockpit; fly-by-wire flight controls; fourth generation rotor blades with anhedral tips; a low-maintenance elastomeric rotor head; upgraded engines; a locking cargo rail system; external cargo handling improvements; survivability enhancements; and reduced operation and support costs. The Earth Times Online Newspaper
  • If you have a storefront, post its address along with a telephone number for those who want more than a virtual connection or assurance that you're no fly-by-night operation.
  • It will be fitted with a fly-by-wire flight control system developed for the Airbus range of civil airliners.
  • The payloads will comprise technical equipment to monitor the Moon during the fly-by, planned in three-four years.
  • In 1986, ESA's Giotto spacecraft performed the closest comet fly-by ever achieved by any spacecraft (at a distance of 600 kilometres from Halley).
  • Excessive controls and interference in private education institutions could encourage fly-by-night operators.
  • In a risky fly-by maneuver, the Deep Space 1 spacecraft successfully navigated past a comet, giving researchers an unprecedented view inside the glowing core of icy dust and gas.
  • There's no electronics, no traction control, no fly-by-wire throttles.
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