Sentences with 'flights'
Example sentences and phrases with the word flights and other words derived from it.
• « Between 1891 and 1896 Otto Lilienthal, a German aviation pioneer, tested several glider models. Starting from an artificial hill, he successfully made more than 2,000 flights, covering distances of up to 400 metres at heights of up to 30 metres above the ground. »
• « Finally, on 9 August 1896, on one of his flights, he lost control, crashed and died shortly afterwards. His last words were: "Sacrifices must be made". »
• « Finally, on 17 December 1903, the Wright brothers made four successful flights in the gasoline-powered biplane "The Flyer". The first flight, made by Orville, covered only 36.6 metres. »
• « Last year, more than one million commercial flights took off for points abroad, with passengers experiencing the symptoms of jet lag, i.e. the rapid passage through different time zones. »