The shuttle, by contrast, starts its flight by leaping straight from the gate.

CNN: Victory Lap

The course is set against the backdrop of a cliff, and features nearly every shot you could possibly encounter in the wild. (Arnold's favorite is the number two, a straight-across-the-body, left-to-right flight).

FORBES: Adventurer

Yesterday morning we departed Sunriver, hoping to make Bozeman, then Bismarck, North Dakota. (Our final destination is Hayward, Wisconsin.) My flight plan had us sailing over McCall, Idaho, with a straight shot into Bozeman.

FORBES: Bleary-Eyed In Bozeman

You feel you know Flight Sergeant RHJ Harris a little because his mum and dad chose to record that he kept a straight bat and played the game.

BBC: Stories of love and loss in a desert war grave

By knowing their way around ticket prices, schedules and flight availability, they have been able to hold their own, despite the airlines' efforts to sell straight to consumers and avoid paying the agents' 10% commission.

ECONOMIST: Electronic commerce