flight deck—
1. the uppermost deck of an aircraft carrier serving as landing and takeoff area:
- Brown successfully took off in about half the length of the flight deck.
2. the forward compartment in some airplanes used by the pilot, copilot and flight engineer:
- Rebel snipers fired on one of the planes and hit it. One shot went through the flight deck.
flying deck—
1. = flight deck 1:
- The “Vindex” was the first ship to be fitted with a forward hangar and flying deck.
2. a deck on a ship supported at the side by railings:
- A searchlight, which had been fitted up on the flying-deck of the steamer, had an extraordinary effect upon the natives.