overfly

verb

1. To fly over something.

   “My family planned to take pictures from the ground as I overflew them in the hot air balloon.”

   “In the canopy, friendly birds (not the desperate, demented scavengers that sometimes overflew the plains) chirped and laboured on their nests.”

2. To fly too far past something.

   “The small size of the airstrip meant that pilots would frequently overfly and have to circle back.”