Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To fly over or beyond.
- To outflank; extend beyond the wing of, as an army.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To outflank.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Over the
wing of anaircraft . - verb obsolete, transitive To
outflank .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Tuesday, the FAA instructed U.S. airlines to examine certain MD-80s for signs of cracking on overwing frames.
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Some pop open the overwing emergency exits while others lunge at the doors in a frantic scramble to get out of the airplane.
Josh Sugarmann: 50-Caliber Sniper Rifles: Tools of Terror 2008
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And one of the procedures after the plane does come to a complete stop, the pilots may retract them to aid the passengers in evacuating through the overwing exits, but we're just not sure yet.
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The preliminary investigation of the 8 November crash indicated the cause as being a fire from a fuel leak in the left overwing fairing.
Strategic Air Command: People Aircraft and Missiles 2nd Edition Polmar, Norman & Laur, Timothy 1990
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The 135 has 4, the 140 has 5 and the 145 has 6 between the overwing exit and the engine.
The Cranky Flier Consumer Mike 2010
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The FAA said April 9 that it has proposed assessing a $380,000 civil penalty against Frontier Airlines for operating hundreds of flights with several aircraft that were not equipped with the proper overwing emergency exit placards.
BNET Articles Brett Snyder 2010
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A man quickly opened the left overwing door, and passengers surged from all directions, some climbing on top of each other to get out.
chron.com Chronicle 2010
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The easiest way to tell an ERJ-135 from an ERJ-140 or an ERJ-145 is to count the windows behind the overwing exit.
The Cranky Flier Consumer Mike 2010
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Last year, American had to ground its entire MD-80 fleet to repack electrical wires, then the Federal Aviation Administration ordered the airline to inspect most of its MD-80s for possible cracks on overwing frames.
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Last year, American had to ground its entire MD-80 fleet to repack electrical wires, then the Federal Aviation Administration ordered the airline to inspect most of its MD-80s for possible cracks on overwing frames.
Homepage 2009
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