flight control

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

flight′ control′, 

1. Aeronautics the direction of airplane movements, esp. takeoffs and landings, by messages from the ground.
2. Aeronautics the system by which this direction is done.
3. Aeronautics the office from which this direction is done.
4. Aeronautics the system by which the pilot of an airplane controls the movement of the airplane.
• 1935–40