flight-test

verb

ˈflīt-ˌtest 

flight-tested; flight-testing; flight-tests

transitive verb

: to test (an airplane, a spacecraft, etc.) in flight

Examples of flight-test in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The step marks the beginning of the aircraft’s flight-test campaign and demonstrating the maturity of the development program. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 21 June 2026

Edwards is the Air Force's premier flight-test center, and B-52s stationed there are frequently used for developmental and modernization testing rather than routine operational missions. — Sophia Compton , Morgan Phillips, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026

For that final certificate, Vertical plans to build seven preproduction Valo aircraft, a new model similar to the VX4 but modified based on three years of flight-test data. — Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 25 Apr. 2026

According to Pentagon data, the Tomahawk has been flight-tested more than 550 times and used operationally in over 2,300 strikes, according to Raytheon, the defense manufacturer. — CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for flight-test

• abreast
• accessed
• addressed
• appressed
• armrest
• arrest
• assessed
• attest
• backrest
• behest
• bequest
• caressed