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  2. Bar-tailed godwit - Wikipedia

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    The flight was not found to induce ceremonial flight in neighboring males. There are 4 stages in ceremonial flights: (1) ascent, (2) limping flight, (3) gliding, and (4) descent to attract the females. There are 3 categories in ceremonial flights: (A) A straight line, (B) performing 1 or more circles, (C) wide circles.

  3. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    The abbreviation is not always a short form of the word used in the clue. For example: "Knight" for N (the symbol used in chess notation) Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE.

  4. Flypast - Wikipedia

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    An Air New Zealand Boeing 747-400 flew in Lord of the Rings livery in a historic flight over Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Gisborne and Napier, "enabling more than two million people, one in two New Zealanders, to share in the excitement of The Lord of the Rings". This was the first time that a 747-400 had undertaken such a flypast in New Zealand.

  5. Purdue Airport to host ceremonial first flight ... - AOL

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    As commercial flight returns to the Purdue University Airport in May, a ground breaking for the new Amelia Earhart Terminal and a ceremonial first flight are scheduled for May 14.

  6. Flyby - Wikipedia

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    Flypast or flyover, a celebratory display or ceremonial flight; Flyby (spaceflight), a spaceflight operation; Planetary flyby, a type of flyby mission; Gravity assist or swing-by, a type of flyby making use of the gravity field of a passed celestial body; Fly-by, circuit topology used in DDR3 SDRAM memory technology

  7. Flyover - Wikipedia

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    Flypast or flyby, a celebratory display or ceremonial flight, a ceremonial or honorific flight of one or more aircraft. Flyover reconnaissance, close-up aircraft reconnaissance; Flyover rights, the right to fly over a foreign country without landing; Aerial survey; Flyover country, a derisive term for the central areas of the United States

  8. Word of flight to Cancun from frozen Texas lands Senator Ted ...

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    U.S. Senator Ted Cruz faced widespread criticism on social media on Thursday after images went viral online that a journalist said showed him flying to a resort in Cancun while his home state of ...

  9. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    flight lieutenant an Air Force officer rank (US: captain) flypast ceremonial flight of aircraft (US: flyby) [77] [78] flyover a road crossing over another road (US: overpass) footie (slang) football (US: soccer) fortnight * a period of 14 days (and nights) or two weeks freephone