Comes forward for flight in an excited state (5,2)
I believe the answer is:
steps up
'comes forward' is the definition.
('step up' can be a synonym of 'come forward')
'flight in an excited state' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'excited' could be 'up' and 'up' is located in the answer.
'state' could be 'step' (step is a kind of state) and 'step' is found within the answer.
A single letter 's' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for steps up that I've seen before include "Approaches" , "Accelerates" .)