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

SAT Lake Sawyer Hawks Radio Control Flyers Cub exhibit of all types of flyable model airplanes, small indoor craft to large-scale radio controlled planes, information, videos show the planes in action, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2017

“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