flyable
- a word derived from fly.
Example Sentences
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One U.S. aircraft was hit during the operation, but remained flyable throughout the mission and returned home safely.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026
Others, such as a second Cobra helicopter painted with a bright orange Bengal tiger by high school students from Camden, aren’t flyable.
From Washington Times • Mar. 1, 2021
My little Cessna was more flyable than some of the planes I’d gotten off the ground as a WASP.
From The Verge • Jun. 24, 2018
The rise of air travel initially sparked questions about where those rights end and flyable space begins.
From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2016
“Elmtree, for repair. Faulty tailplane handwheel. It’s flyable, but you have to hold the control column right forward.”
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
