Definition of "flight path" [flight path]

• The precise route taken or due to be taken through the air by an aircraft or spacecraft. (noun)

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• "The scant undergrowth and lack of low branches kept a relatively clear line-of-sight for them down on the ground, and a clear flight path for the birds."
• "“When the SLA panels were ejected,” Neil explains, “they had a very slight outward relative velocity, but their velocity along the flight path was essentially identical to that of the CSM-LM combination."