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fly in

noun, verb — 5 senses

fly-in

nounalso spelled fly-in

Etymology Deverbal from fly in.

1

Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aviation, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences An informal gathering of private pilots and their aircraft at a prearranged airfield.

2

The bringing of a people to a place by air travel.

  • IBM […] has staged to "fly-ins" of company executives to appeal to lawmakers.2018, The New York Times Editorial Staff, Transgender Rights: Striving for Equality, page 165:
3

Business, Construction, Manufacturing, Roofing A method of application for roll materials by which the dry sheet is set into the bitumen or adhesive applied to the roof surface.

fly in

verb
1

To use a flying switch to switch train cars.

2

Of an aircraft To land at an airfield.

  • Near by is the RAF museum at Duxford Airfield, open at weekends, which has a large display of aircraft. Trapped there is the prototype Concorde, which flew in but can never fly out, because the runway was shortened to make way for a motorway immediately after its arrival.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 233:

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for fly-in and fly in.