Explore Flypast through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like flyover or overpass. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Flypast meaning
A low-level flight of a ceremonial nature; a flyover (US)
Using Flypast
- The main meaning on this page is: A low-level flight of a ceremonial nature; a flyover (US)
- Useful related words include: flyover, overpass, bridge, span.
- In the example corpus, flypast often appears in combinations such as: the flypast, flypast by, raf flypast.
Context around Flypast
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Flypast
- In this selection, "flypast" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, raf, conduct, conducted, told, across and lasted stand out and add context to how "flypast" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an exciting flypast in the and an raf flypast before his. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "flypast" sits close to words such as acolytes, acv and afolabi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with flypast
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Coronation flypast: This was the view of from our aircraft this afternoon. (12 words)
The official route for the whole Trooping the Colour flypast has officially been announced. (14 words)
The flypast lasted for two minutes and thirty seconds, rather than the scheduled six minutes. (15 words)
Another picture of her on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June has caught the eye of judges, along with a few photographs of Prince Louis covering his ears during a flypast. (37 words)
He was seen letting out a howl and clapping his hands over his ears on the Buckingham Palace balcony during the Platinum Jubilee flypast as his “Gan Gan”, the late Queen, told him what was happening. (36 words)
Squadron Leader Mike Willers, one of the crew members unable to take part in the flypast, told the PA news agency: “Unfortunately the weather was not suitable for us to safely conduct a flypast. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Squadron Leader Mike Willers, one of the crew members unable to take part in the flypast, told the PA news agency: “Unfortunately the weather was not suitable for us to safely conduct a flypast.
Armed forces conduct flypast for corona warriors, choppers shower petalsThe Indian Air Force on Sunday conducted flypast across India to show gratitude to the thousands of healthcare workers battling the coronavirus pandemic.
Afterwards, there will be a gun salute at Edinburgh Castle and a flypast by the Red Arrows.
Another picture of her on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June has caught the eye of judges, along with a few photographs of Prince Louis covering his ears during a flypast.
Coronation flypast: This was the view of from our aircraft this afternoon.
He was seen letting out a howl and clapping his hands over his ears on the Buckingham Palace balcony during the Platinum Jubilee flypast as his “Gan Gan”, the late Queen, told him what was happening.
His Majesty the King's birthday flypast will follow Trooping the Colour at Horse Guards Parade, which took place during the morning (June 17).
Runners will also be treated to the sight of a Red Arrows flypast over the Tyne Bridge at 11.35am.
Sir Tom was knighted and honoured with an RAF Flypast before his death in February 2021, after being admitted to hospital with coronavirus.
The flypast lasted for two minutes and thirty seconds, rather than the scheduled six minutes.
The military flypast over Buckingham Palace, to mark the coronation of the King and Queen, had to be scaled down because of the bad weather.
The monarch emerged onto the Buckingham Palace balcony with his wife after the Trooping the Colour parade to watch the display of a spectacular RAF flypast.
The official route for the whole Trooping the Colour flypast has officially been announced.
The only daughter of the now-Prince and Princess of Wales appeared in awe of her surroundings, watching on as the RAF Flypast planes made their way over the balcony.
The royal couple and other family members will make an appearance on the Palace balcony, before a flypast featuring helicopters and the Red Arrows will take place.
The spokesman added: “The latest weather information will be obtained from both the Met Office and from our helicopters performing weather checks in advance of the main flypast on Saturday.
You can find today's full hour-by-hour forecast ahead of the flypast here.
An Armed Forces Day Event will be taking place in this weekend and will include an exciting flypast in the afternoon.
Despite the grandeur of its initial launch, which included an impressive Concorde flypast and a grand opening by boxing legend Sir Henry Cooper, the park declared bankruptcy just two months later.
He didn’t disappoint during the flypast, becoming the star turn again as he saluted, pretended to fly the plane and jumped around.
Common combinations with flypast
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the flypast 5×
- flypast by 5×
- raf flypast 5×
- flypast over 3×
- conduct flypast 2×
- flypast across 2×
- birthday flypast 2×
- flypast on 2×
- force flypast 2×
- flypast display 2×