Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Preparing for or occurring before flight.
- v. To check (an aircraft) for airworthiness before flight.
Wiktionary
- adj. Taking place before the start of a flight
- n. An inspection of an aircraft before the start of a flight
Examples
“Even if you've recently used the stand, always do a "preflight" check to be certain that it's working properly and that there are no frayed straps or missing parts.”
How to Sit and Wait: Bob Robb's Guide to Hunting Whitetail Deer from a Tree Stand or Ground Blind
“But there aren't that many of us who do that kind of preflight checkout work, and everybody's work pad checked out clean.”
“To that end, Canoe will work with a programmer "preflight" to ensure the apps are certified and tested before they're sent out to the MSOs.”
“A 2005 federal report on the September 2003 crash found inaccurate preflight planning resulted in the plane not having enough fuel.”
The Huffington Post: Austin Hatch, Indiana Basketball Standout, Survives Second Plane Crash
“Investigators say preflight medical checks, a world-wide requirement, were perfunctory and possibly falsified.”
“Instead, it will depend heavily on voluntary participation in educational opportunities emphasizing the importance of pilot attitude, preflight aircraft checks and improving skills in low-speed maneuvers.”
The Wall Street Journal: Safety Campaign Targets Private Pilots
“They died on January 27, 1967, in fire during a preflight test at the NASA Space Center in Florida.”
“I use a homebrew preflight Kindle filter to construct the Kindle binary from my master files, which we have invested nearly a million dollars into creating.”
“Football became an integral part of the Navy's V-5 preflight initiative.”
“Even then, in my preflight daze, it seemed a bit incongruous to me that a Wesleyan grad would be a pilot for a tiny rural airport.”
Tweets
Looking for tweets for preflight.
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