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flight recorder

noun

: a device on an aircraft that records information (such as airspeed and altitude) about a flight

Full Definition of FLIGHT RECORDER

:  a crashworthy instrument for recording flight data (as airspeed and altitude)
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First Known Use of FLIGHT RECORDER

1939

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