overfly in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for overfly in the English»French Dictionary

overfly <pret overflew; pp overflown> [Brit əʊvəˈflʌɪ, Am ˌoʊvərˈflaɪ] VB trans

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overfly in the PONS Dictionary

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Smiley was given its pleasant face around 1982 as a greeting to overflying foreign surveillance satellites.
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No aircraft are allowed to overfly the facility, and its location is not listed on any map of the area.
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However, skuas have been spotted overflying the station, 1200 km away from their nearest food sources.
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The airlines claim that new technology allows aircraft safely to overfly any country in which air-traffic controllers are on strike.
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One was to overfly any intended shipping target before directing any interception and attack.
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So he had to overfly that, which took an extensive amount of fuel.
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All aircraft, in fact, are directed to avoid overflying residential and commercial areas to the extent possible.
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He would then overfly the runway before looping round for his final approach.
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Shortly thereafter, a police helicopter began overflying the area and soon found itself under fire by some of the protesters, who targeted it with rockets.
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But, a landowner may make any legitimate use of their property that they want, even if it interferes with aircraft overflying the land.
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