flypast
IPA: fɫˈaɪpeɪst
noun
- (Britain) A low-level flight of a ceremonial nature; a flyover (US)
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Examples of "flypast" in Sentences
- ✒Bob Lindo, the RAF squadron leader turned Cornish wine maker, agrees about the feeble six-plane flypast at the royal wedding.
- She broke for a 2-1 lead and overcame some uncertain moments on serve and a noisy flypast to celebrate Australia Day to see out the set.
- The flypast was led by The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight – one of the events staged to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the battle.
- After the Queen took the salute on Horse Guards, the royal family headed back to Buckingham Palace where they watched a 30-aircraft strong RAF flypast.
- He recalls another occasion: I flew over Buckingham Palace on 16 June 1979 in the lead Vulcan we were the display crew for the Queen's birthday flypast.
- Huw Edwards was reduced to encouraging us to peer behind the palace's nets when, finally, the royal couple emerged: some waving, a kiss, another kiss, and a flypast.
- One that appears around here every year says something like 'Civil Service Motoring Association Promenade Concert and Spitfire flypast', which is almost a portmanteau sign in its own right.
- Striking yesterday was the flypast by the Battle of Britain memorial flight: the Lancaster bomber and Spitfires overhead recalling Britain's "finest hour", our solitary defiance of the Nazis in 1940.
- Vettel led almost from start to finish, handing over for only a short while to Jenson Button who, by making a late pit-stop, enjoyed a few laps in the limelight, a sort of flypast for his achievements of the previous year.
- The truth is that, like it or loathe it, Pearl Harbor was "an event" – a film that made headlines long before the cameras turned thanks to its bloated budget, and which managed to stay in the headlines throughout its production courtesy of a unique mix of historical tactlessness, fatuous movie-star flashing Kate Beckinsale reportedly displayed her naked bottom during a no-pants flypast – whoopee! and, most importantly, enormous expense.
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