air travel, air, aviation - travel via aircraft; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air"

control, operate - handle and cause to function; "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever"

fly - transport by aeroplane; "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to North America"

fly - travel in an airplane; "she is flying to Cincinnati tonight"; "Are we driving or flying?"

fly - travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft; "Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic"

fly blind - fly an airplane solely by relying on instruments

fly contact - fly a plane by using visible landmarks or points of reference

solo - fly alone, without a co-pilot or passengers

test fly - test a plane

jet - fly a jet plane

glide - fly in or as if in a glider plane

hydroplane, seaplane - glide on the water in a hydroplane

balloon - ride in a hot-air balloon; "He tried to balloon around the earth but storms forced him to land in China"

flat-hat, hedgehop - fly very close to the ground

hang glide, soar - fly by means of a hang glider