take aloft

present singular third person takes aloft · participle present taking aloft · past took aloft · participle past taken aloft

1. ambitransitiveaeronauticsTo successfully fly (an aircraft) into the air.

   Here the fiery angel once more took aloft

   2002, Agop Jack Hacikyan, Gabriel Basmajian, Edward S. Franchuk, Nourhan Ouzounian, The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the sixth to the eighteenth century, Wayne State University Press, →ISBN, page 992

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   On September 21, 1919, I took aloft for a spin over Washington and the surrounding territory, 17 distinguished passengers, including the Secretary of War, Newton D. Baker, and several United States Senators.

   1937, Alfred William Lawson, Lawson: Aircraft Industry Builder

   From Buin Lieutenant (jg) Kawamata took aloft at 0850 fifteen Zero 32s from the 6th Air Group, reported inbound at 1017 by Kennedy.

   2013, John Lundstrom, First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign: Naval Fighter Combat from August to November 1942, Naval Institute Press, →ISBN