December 2006

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What is a flight line and why is this one yellow?

admin 20 Dec 2006 | : Varia

First of all, thanks for visiting my travel blog. I hope to discuss different issues regarding travel, flights, hotels, and vacations in general.

Ok, so you’re wondering why the name of this website is “Flight Line Yellow?” I wanted the site’s name to be related to aviation and most of the best names were taken. Since I’ve been known to be creative, I put that to the test on this one.

I did a search for acronyms for the word “fly” and came across this website which had the following:

Acronym  Definition
FLY  Butterfly (swimming)
FLY  Flight Line Yellow
FLY  Flying

I bought the name, set up the blog, and here I go.

By the way, according to Princeton University, a flight line is the place where airplanes are parked. The term also refers to maintenance hangars.

I also found this visual definition of the term. This one implies that a yellow flight line is one in which a certain amount of space is covered within a pilot’s flying range.

If anyone knows more about technical terms related to flight lines, let me know! I’ll be sure to discuss it at a later date.