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flightworthy

American  
[flahyt-wur-thee] / ˈflaɪtˌwɜr ði /

adjective

  1. being in proper physical or mechanical condition for safe flight; airworthy.

    a flightworthy spacecraft.


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Etymology

Origin of flightworthy

First recorded in 1965–70; flight 1 + -worthy

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The Green Run will provide critical performance data needed to demonstrate the core stage design is flightworthy and ready for launch.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2019

Savage Builds In the premiere of this new series. former “Mythbusters” host Adam Savage works with Richard Browning, the inventor of the Gravity Jet Suit, to get a suit inspired by “Iron Man” flightworthy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2019

Mr. Spohr, at a news conference near the Germanwings headquarters in Cologne, said, “He was 100 percent flightworthy without any limitations.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2015

He said there could be no doubts that the plane was flightworthy.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2010

He also completed some 900 hours of training in Star City, the cosmonauts' boot camp, and was deemed flightworthy by Russia's space commission.

From Time Magazine Archive

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