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flying bridge
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flying bridge [¦flī·iŋ ′brij]
(naval architecture)
A narrow walkway or platform built at the level of the top of the pilothouse and containing a duplicate set of controls for steering gear and engine-room signals and for navigating instruments; the platform extends from one side of the ship to the other. Also known as navigating bridge.


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They do not consider radar antennae, flying bridges, or sailboat masts to be lowerable, so it's okay to ask for an opening for those appendages.
The intensely repetitive facades, rotational terminal forms and the use of flying bridges are all elements common to both projects, but related to different uses.
An industrial glass lift ascends within the atrium and is connected by flying bridges to the intermediate floors of the teaching blocks.
 
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