flycraft

English

Etymology

From fly +‎ -craft.

Noun

flycraft (plural flycrafts or flycraft)

1. (science fiction) A machine, device, or vessel that is capable of flight.
   • 2010, John Likides, EROS TRIUMPHANT:

     The flycraft was coasting toward the enemy killer biomachines when suddenly chance dealt Andora a soft blow in the form of a collision with a piece of space junk that glowed softly as it was repelled by the cloak and shield.

   • 2015, original 1978, Brian W. Aldiss, Enemies of the System:

     "They don't have to follow on land. There are flycraft and matboats in Peace City that will search us out."

   • 2018, Bill Campbell, Francesco Verso, Future Fiction: New Dimensions in International Science Fiction:

     Against the blackboard surface of the sky, flycrafts whizzed by, leaving crisscrossing trails of radiance that slowly dissipated, soon replaced by others.