German-English translations for abfliegen

• depart
  It is true that three flights departing from London were cancelled today, the reason being apparently that the charter company abandoned them at the last minute. Tatsächlich wurden heute drei Flüge, die von London abfliegen sollten, annulliert. Der Grund dafür scheint zu sein, daß die Chartergesellschaften im letzten Augenblick abgesagt haben.
  His latest statements seemed to depart from party policy somewhat.
  to depart from a title or defence in legal pleading
• overfly
  My family planned to take pictures from the ground as I overflew them in the hot air balloon
  The small size of the airstrip meant that pilots would frequently overfly and have to circle back
• patrol
  a customs patrol
  a fire patrol
  to patrol a frontier
• take off
  When we fly out of Brussels, we often see five, ten or fifteen aircraft queuing on the runway, waiting for permission to take off. Wenn wir von Brüssel abfliegen, sehen wir oft, dass fünf, zehn oder fünfzehn Flieger hintereinander auf der Startbahn stehen und auf die Startgenehmigung warten.
  He took off his shoes
  The test grader takes off a point for every misspelled word.

Related words

• herabfliegen
• Hinabfliegen
• wieder abfliegen