WordNet
flare path
n. an airstrip outline with lights to guide an airplane pilot in landing
Wikipedia
Flare path
Flare path may refer to:
- an illuminated runway in military terminology
- Flare Path (play), a play by Terence Rattigan set near an RAF base
Flare Path
Flare Path is a play by Terence Rattigan, written in 1941 and first staged in 1942. Set in a hotel near an RAF Bomber Command airbase during the Second World War, the story involves a love triangle between a pilot, his actress wife and a famous film star. The play is based in part on Rattigan's own wartime experiences.
Usage examples of "flare path".
Even as I looked back, the flare path went out, and we were alone over the sea for all the long flight back to England.
Both men screwed up their eyes in automatic reflex as the fierce glare of the landing lights struck at them, the flare path arrowing off into the outer darkness.