aviation

• Fly by the seat of your pants

  To do something using only instinct and experience, without a specific plan or the aid of instruments.

• Push the envelope

  To go beyond the current limits of performance, ability, or accepted standards, often in an innovative or daring way.

• Cool your jets

  To calm down, relax, or reduce one's excitement or anger, especially when someone is being overly eager or agitated.

• Break the sound barrier

  To travel faster than the speed of sound, especially in an aircraft, or to achieve a significant breakthrough or overcome a major obstacle.

• Jet age

  The Jet Age refers to the historical period, primarily from the mid-20th century onwards, marked by the widespread adoption and profound societal impact of jet-powered aircraft for both military and commercial use.

• Take off

  To suddenly leave a place, often quickly, or for an aircraft or rocket to lift into the air.

• Touch down

  To land on the ground, typically referring to an aircraft, or to score points in American football by entering the opponent's end zone with the ball.

• Get off the ground

  To successfully start or launch something, making initial progress after a period of planning or stagnation.

• Go pear-shaped

  To go wrong unexpectedly, often in a disastrous or unplanned manner.

• Mayday

  Mayday is an internationally recognized distress signal used vocally in radio communications to indicate a life-threatening emergency.

• Send a distress call

  To transmit a signal or message indicating that one is in immediate danger and requires urgent assistance.

• Call sign

  A unique sequence of letters and numbers used to identify a radio station, aircraft, ship, or person in two-way communication.

• To wing it

  To do something without prior preparation or a plan, improvising as one goes along.

• By the seat of one's pants

  To do something successfully using only instinct, experience, and improvisation rather than a prepared plan or precise knowledge.

• Fly by the seat of one's pants

  To do something instinctively and without a pre-conceived plan or established procedures.

• The point of no return

  The critical moment in a process or journey when it becomes impossible to reverse course and one must continue forward, regardless of the consequences.