flight deck
noun
1
: the uppermost complete deck of an aircraft carrier
2
: the forward compartment in some airplanes
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Although general admission to watch the event at the Festival Center is free, premium and VIP flight deck club tickets are available for purchase at fleetweeksf.org/air-show . 
Joel Umanzor, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Aug. 2022 Several sailors on the flight deck were injured from the resulting shrapnel, the investigation says. Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2022 The ship is depicted with two island superstructures, much like HMS Queen Elizabeth, in order to increase available flight deck space. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Jan. 2022 A decade after the last attempt to play basketball on a flight deck, there are multiple reports Gonzaga and Michigan State are revisiting the concept in San Diego on Veterans Day. Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2022 Inside the cockpit, the flight deck incorporates touchscreen displays that can support multiple touch points, allowing two pilots to interact with their section of the lower display simultaneously. Tamara Hardingham-gill, CNN, 27 July 2022 Tom Izzo's team will open the 2022-23 season with a game against Gonzaga on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln at the Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego on Nov. 11. Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 25 July 2022 Still, accidents do happen: In 1995, an F-14 Tomcat fighter jet was blown off the flight deck of the carrier USS Independence by another F-14 powering up its engines for takeoff. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 13 July 2022 On Veterans Day a year earlier — 11-11-11 — Michigan State defeated North Carolina 67-55 in San Diego on the flight deck of the Carl Vinson. San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2022 See More
Joel Umanzor, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Aug. 2022 Several sailors on the flight deck were injured from the resulting shrapnel, the investigation says. Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2022 The ship is depicted with two island superstructures, much like HMS Queen Elizabeth, in order to increase available flight deck space. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Jan. 2022 A decade after the last attempt to play basketball on a flight deck, there are multiple reports Gonzaga and Michigan State are revisiting the concept in San Diego on Veterans Day. Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2022 Inside the cockpit, the flight deck incorporates touchscreen displays that can support multiple touch points, allowing two pilots to interact with their section of the lower display simultaneously. Tamara Hardingham-gill, CNN, 27 July 2022 Tom Izzo's team will open the 2022-23 season with a game against Gonzaga on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln at the Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego on Nov. 11. Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 25 July 2022 Still, accidents do happen: In 1995, an F-14 Tomcat fighter jet was blown off the flight deck of the carrier USS Independence by another F-14 powering up its engines for takeoff. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 13 July 2022 On Veterans Day a year earlier — 11-11-11 — Michigan State defeated North Carolina 67-55 in San Diego on the flight deck of the Carl Vinson. San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1924, in the meaning defined at sense 1