Usually means: Navigation assuming Earth is flat.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word plane sailing:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. plane sailing: Merriam-Webster
  2. plane sailing: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. plane sailing: Collins English Dictionary
  4. plane-sailing, plane sailing: Wordnik
  5. plane sailing: Wiktionary
  6. plane sailing: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Plane sailing, plane sailing: Dictionary.com
  8. Plane sailing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. plane sailing: FreeDictionary.org
  10. plane sailing: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. plane sailing: Encyclopedia

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (plane sailing)

noun:  (nautical) A technique for navigation using the assumption that the journey occurs over a plane or flat surface rather than the actual curved surface of the Earth, which is sufficiently accurate over short distances.
noun:  (figurative, archaic) Alternative spelling of plain sailing (“navigation of waters free from hazards or unfavourable winds; (figurative) something that is easy, simple, or straightforward”) [(nautical)]

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