Subprogrammes and Flight

noun

• A formation of aircraft in flight.
• An instance of traveling by air.
  • usage: "flying was still an exciting adventure for him"
  • synonyms: flying
• A stairway (set of steps) between one floor or landing and the next.
  • synonyms: flight of stairs, flight of steps
• The act of escaping physically.
  • usage: "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt"
  • synonyms: escape
• An air force unit smaller than a squadron.
• Passing above and beyond ordinary bounds.
  • usage: "a flight of fancy"; "flights of rhetoric"; "flights of imagination"
• The path followed by an object moving through space.
  • synonyms: trajectory
• A flock of flying birds.
• A scheduled trip by plane between designated airports.
  • usage: "I took the noon flight to Chicago"

verb

• Shoot a bird in flight.
• Fly in a flock.
  • usage: "flighting wild geese"
• Decorate with feathers.
  • usage: "fledge an arrow"
  • synonyms: fledge

• (n.) A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See Shaft.
• (n.) The act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying.
• (n.) A number of beings or things passing through the air together; especially, a flock of birds flying in company; the birds that fly or migrate together; the birds produced in one season; as, a flight of arrows.
• (n.) The husk or glume of oats.
• (n.) The act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape or expected evil; hasty departure.
• (n.) Lofty elevation and excursion;a mounting; a soa/ing; as, a flight of imagination, ambition, folly.
• (n.) A series of steps or stairs from one landing to another.

(DoD) In Navy and Marine Corps usage, a specified group of aircraft usually engaged in a common mission.
(DoD) The basic tactical unit in the Air Force, consisting of four or more aircraft in two or more elements.
(DoD) A single aircraft airborne on a nonoperational mission.