test-fly
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of test-fly
First recorded in 1935–40
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It could also conduct a banned launch of a long-range rocket to put a spy satellite into orbit or test-fly missiles over Japan, experts say.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2022
Universal Hydrogen plans to test-fly a hydrogen-powered regional airplane next year, "hopefully well before the end of the year," Eremenko added.
From Reuters ● Dec. 1, 2021
They offered to rebuild the plane if the Frenchman would test-fly it.
From Time Magazine Archive
It pioneered the Europe-South America run in 1934; two years later it was one of the first to test-fly the North Atlantic.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ltd,, which has built and last week was ready to test-fly the British dirigible R-100, ordered by the British government.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Moses Lake, the retrofitted Dash 8 test-flew the system delivering the power that drives the propellers.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
They flew more than 60 million miles domestically, test-flew and repaired military aircraft and ferried male officers around the country.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2016
Just hours before Secretary of Defense Robert Gates' meeting on Tuesday with President Hu Jintao in Beijing, the Chinese military test-flew its first stealth fighter plane.*
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2011
Just hours before Secretary of Defense Robert Gates touched down in Beijing Tuesday, the Chinese military test-flew its first stealth fighter plane.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2011
The Philadelphia-born son of a Polish immigrant tailor and graduate of New York University's Guggenheim School of Aeronautics, he developed and in 1943 test-flew the second successful helicopter made in the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
The tech behind a flying car, originally developed and successfully test-flown in Europe, has been bought by a Chinese firm.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2024
They had been test-flown "somewhere in the U.S."
From Time Magazine Archive
Intended for launching by catapult from a carrier deck, it has been test-flown successfully, but nothing has been made public about its performance.
From Time Magazine Archive
For reasons rooted in economy as well as military necessity, Diefenbaker called off development of the CF-105 Arrow, a 1,500-m.p.h. interceptor designed and test-flown by Toronto's A. V. Roe Canada Ltd.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two MIG-21s, the first ever to fall into U.S. hands, are being test-flown at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
From Time Magazine Archive
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration began updating research into it about 30 years ago, spending more than $1 billion and test-flying prototypes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
The treaty banned the U.S. and Soviet Union from possessing, producing or test-flying a ground-launched cruise missile with a range of 300 to 3,400 miles.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2022
It prohibits the United States and Russia from possessing, producing or test-flying a ground-launched cruise missile with a range of 300 to 3,400 miles.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 20, 2018
It bars its signatories, the U.S. and Russia, from possessing, producing or test-flying a ground-launched cruise missile with a range of 300 to 3,400 miles.
From Fox News ● Oct. 20, 2018
"I'll bet you want me to quit test-flying," Mayhem said with a smile which, clearer than words, told the Firstman his advice would be rejected.
From World Beyond Pluto by Stephen Marlowe
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