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Flight Surgeon Badge (United States)
The Flight Surgeon Badge is a United States military badge awarded to physicians trained in aviation medicine, issued by the Army and Air Force in three degrees.
Flight test engineer
A flight test engineer is an engineer who plans, conducts, and analyzes flight tests of aircraft, working alongside the test pilot; the role emerged in the late 1920s.
Flight training
Flight training is the structured instruction that takes a person from first lesson to a pilot certificate, combining ground school with flight lessons under ICAO-based national standards.
Flight-time limitations
Flight-time limitations are regulations that cap airline flight crew flying and duty hours and require rest between duties, to control the safety risk of crew fatigue.
FlightGear
FlightGear is a free, open-source flight simulator for Windows, macOS, and Linux, first proposed in 1996, that offers more than 400 aircraft and is used for research, pilot training, and recreation.
Flightplan
Flightplan is a 2005 American psychological thriller directed by Robert Schwentke, in which Jodie Foster plays an engineer whose young daughter vanishes on a transatlantic flight.
Floatplane
A floatplane is a seaplane with a conventional landplane fuselage supported on separate floats, or pontoons, in place of wheels; with retractable gear it becomes an amphibian.
Fly Air41 Airways
Fly Air41 Airways is a Croatian ACMI and charter airline founded in 2021 in Zagreb, flying holiday flights on behalf of its German sister airline Sundair.
Fly Away Home
Fly Away Home (1996) is a Carroll Ballard family drama starring Anna Paquin and Jeff Daniels, based on Bill Lishman's Father Goose and his real 1993 ultralight-led Canada goose migration from Ontario to Virginia with Joe Duff; released by Columbia, it grossed $36.5 million worldwide.
Fly Me to the Moon
"Fly Me to the Moon", originally titled "In Other Words", is a 1954 song by Bart Howard that became a widely performed jazz standard, best known through Frank Sinatra's 1964 recording with Count Basie.
Fly-by-light
Fly-by-light, or fly-by-optics, is an aircraft flight control technology that sends pilot and computer commands as light pulses through optical fiber, immune to electromagnetic interference.
Fly-by-wire
Fly-by-wire is an aircraft flight control system in which computers transmit the pilot's commands to the control surfaces as electrical signals, replacing the direct mechanical linkage.
Flyadeal
Flyadeal is a Saudi low-cost airline wholly owned by the Saudia Group, launched in 2017, based in Riyadh, and flying to 34 destinations in 8 countries.
Flyboys (film)
Flyboys (2006) is a Tony Bill war drama starring James Franco about the Lafayette Escadrille, American volunteers flying for France in World War I; MGM-distributed, $60M budget, $13.1M US gross, 34% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Flydubai
Flydubai, formally the Dubai Aviation Corporation, is a Dubai-based airline owned by the Investment Corporation of Dubai. Launched in 2009, it flies an all-Boeing 737 fleet to more than 135 destinations.
Flydubai Flight 981
Flydubai Flight 981, also known as the Rostov Airport disaster, was a Boeing 737 flight from Dubai that crashed at Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on 19 March 2016, killing all 62 aboard.
FlyExpress (airline)
FlyExpress is a planned Indian regional airline based in Hyderabad, Telangana, that received a no-objection certificate from the Ministry of Civil Aviation in December 2025 and has not yet begun commercial operations.
Flying ace
A flying ace, also known as an air ace, is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft, a term originating in France during World War I.
Flying boat
A flying boat is a seaplane whose boat-shaped fuselage rests on the water, unlike a floatplane on separate floats; the Curtiss NC-4 first crossed the Atlantic in 1919.
Flying car
A flying car, or roadable aircraft, is a vehicle certified to drive on roads and fly as an airplane, a concept dating to 1917 that has never achieved commercial success.
Flying testbed
A flying testbed is an aircraft or helicopter converted or purpose-built for flight research on engines, rotors, or equipment, an airborne laboratory rather than a prototype.
Flying wing
A flying wing, also known as Nurflügel, is a tailless aircraft deriving lift and control entirely from its wing; Jack Northrop's 1940s bombers led to the B-2 stealth bomber.
Flynas (طيران ناس)
Flynas, also known as National Air Services, is a Saudi low-cost airline based in Riyadh, founded in 2007 and flying to more than 80 destinations in 38 countries.
FlySafair
FlySafair is a South African low-cost airline owned by Safair Operations, part of ASL Aviation Holdings, which launched flights in 2014 and became the country's largest low-cost carrier.
FMA IA 58 Pucará
The FMA IA 58 Pucará, also known as the IA 58 Pucara, is an Argentine twin-turboprop ground-attack aircraft first flown in 1969, best known for its 1982 Falklands War service.
Focke-Achgelis
Focke-Achgelis was a German aircraft manufacturer founded in 1937 by Henrich Focke and Gerd Achgelis, the world's first helicopter manufacturer, known for the Fa 223 Drache, the first helicopter to reach production.
Focke-Achgelis Fa 330
The Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 Bachstelze was a German motorless rotor kite towed aloft behind surfaced U-boats to extend their view, with about 200 built from 1942.
Focke-Wulf Fw 190
The Focke-Wulf Fw 190, nicknamed Würger (Butcher Bird), was a German single-seat fighter of World War II, designed by Kurt Tank, with about 19,500 built.
Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor
The Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor was a German four-engine aircraft, built as a 1930s airliner and converted to a maritime reconnaissance bomber in World War II.
Focke-Wulf Fw 61
The Focke-Wulf Fw 61, later the Focke-Achgelis Fa 61, was a German experimental helicopter first flown in 1936, generally regarded as the first practical, fully controllable helicopter.