flight deck

flight deck

noun
1.
Navy. the upper deck of an aircraft carrier, constructed and equipped for the landing andtakeoff of aircraft.
2.
Aeronautics. (in certain aircraft) an elevated compartment containing the instruments and controls used by the pilot, copilot, and flight engineer to operate the aircraft.

Origin:
1920–25
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flight deck
 
n
1.  Compare cockpit the crew compartment in an airliner
2.  the upper deck of an aircraft carrier from which aircraft take off and on which they land

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