flight director

noun

A system of a narrow horizontal and vertical bar overlaid on an aircraft's attitude indicator, with the bars deflecting to provide guidance as to the pitch and roll inputs required to maintain the desired flightpath.

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Meanings

nounflight director (plural flight directors)

plural flight directors

  1. aeronauticsA system of a narrow horizontal and vertical bar overlaid on an aircraft's attitude indicator, with the bars deflecting to provide guidance as to the pitch and roll inputs required to maintain the desired flightpath.
  2. space flightA senior ground controller.

Translations

Finnish lennonohjausnäyttö
  • lennonohjausnäyttösystem of bars overlaid on an attitude indicator
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APA

flight director. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flight%20director

MLA

“flight director.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flight%20director. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flight director,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flight%20director.

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