overfly
/əʊvəˈflʌɪ
/verb (overflies, overflying; past overflew; past participle overflown) [with object]
1Fly over (a place): Nato is sending a surveillance plane to overfly the city...
- The Australian space safety regime has been modelled on the US rules, but has been made even tighter because some of the rockets will have to overfly the Australian mainland.
- We now understand that helicopters are overflying the Green Zone.
- The government granted permission for US military aircraft to land and overfly Ireland only on the basis that they are not part of any military operation.
1.1Fly beyond (a place or object): overfly the radio beacon by approximately 15 seconds...
- Then, continue climbing in the pattern and overfly the runway so you leave the airport with good altitude already in the bank.
Derivatives
overflight
/ noun ...- The dispute began when Russia blocked Air Canada from overflights on its new Toronto-Delhi nonstop, saying it was outside the agreed treaty.
- Bulgaria's support for overflights was a welcome addition to NATO's air campaign.
- Authorities are attempting to locate the pilots involved in the unauthorized overflight of the Golden Gate Bridge.