flight-test

[ flahyt-test ]

/ ˈflaɪtˌtɛst /

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verb (used with object)

to test (an airplane or the like) in flight.

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Origin of flight-test

First recorded in 1930–35

Additionally, fan and turbines blades have cracked in testing and on at least one flight test aircraft.
America’s $400 Billion Stealth Jet Fleet Is Grounded|Dave Majumdar|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Deprived of oxygen by the decompression, the flight test crew had to grab for oxygen masks.
The Exemplary Plane at the Heart of the MH370 Mystery|Clive Irving|March 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was the second 777 to be built and still deep into the flight test program.
The Exemplary Plane at the Heart of the MH370 Mystery|Clive Irving|March 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Joe went to look at the last pushpots, and they were ready to be taken over to their own field for their flight test before use.
Space Platform|Murray Leinster

A man came up to me for flight test once when I was an inspector for the Department of Commerce.
Test Pilot|David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
He had gone into an inadvertent spin, the unforgivable sin in a flight test.
Test Pilot|David Goodger (goodger@python.org)