n. also: airplane
1) to board; take an ~
2) to bring down, land; ditch; fly, pilot; hijack; navigate an ~ (a pilot flies an ~)
3) to bring down, shoot down an ~ (our fire brought down an enemy ~)
4) a jet; propeller-driven ~
5) an ~ crashes; cruises; flies; gains altitude; lands, touches down; levels off; loses altitude; reaches an altitude; takes off; taxis along the runway