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flight instrument

American  

noun

  1. any instrument used to indicate the altitude, attitude, airspeed, drift, or direction of an aircraft.

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This barometer is thought to be the world’s oldest surviving flight instrument.

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2015

The plane's 34�-ft. wing, housing a 190-h.p. engine and a flight instrument panel, is detachable from the auto, which has its own engine and a conventional dashboard.

From Time Magazine Archive

The six familiar, friendly faces of the flight instrument panel smiled at her behind the control column.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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