flightworthy
Americanadjective
-
being in proper physical or mechanical condition for safe flight; airworthy.
a flightworthy spacecraft.
Other Word Forms
- flightworthiness noun
Etymology
Origin of flightworthy
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.