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flight deck
1. the crew compartment in an airliner
2. the upper deck of an aircraft carrier from which aircraft take off and on which they land

flight deck [′flīt ‚dek]
(aerospace engineering)
In certain airplanes, an elevated compartment occupied by the crew for operating the airplane in flight.
(naval architecture)
The topmost complete deck of an aircraft carrier, used mainly for takeoff and landing of planes.


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Applying non-skid surfaces on flight decks creates further maintenance headaches for carrier crews.
WITH regard to the recent terrorist activity in New York City, and the subject of aircraft safety and the safety of the passengers and crews of those aircraft, I have long considered that the reason hijackings continue, irrespective of the existence of terrorists, is that the flight decks of all aircraft are open to and freely accessible to anyone within the passenger area, for whatever motive.
In several places, Isom presumes that the Japanese antiship strike force was on the flight decks when it is demonstrable that those aircraft were still in their hangars.
 
 
 
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