The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word AVIATE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result AVIATE
- Fly as ace through start of thunderstorm and escape finally
- Go by plane steered round Latvia heading off east
- Fly worried about going through
- Fly polished off by means of pins
- Fly from Syria via Tehran
- Fly first by way of the original Terminal One
- A struggle to pack a ton and fly
- Last of malaria through extremities of tsetse fly
- Had a bite outside by fly
- A victory — one swallowed fly
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What does AVIATE mean?
AVIATE verb- To operate an aircraft.