Definition of airworthy
:fit for operation in the air
- kept the historic aircraft in airworthy condition
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Examples of airworthy in a Sentence
The agency considered the plane airworthy.
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But the unusual location also stems from a spate of fatal plane crashes linked to either flying an airworthy plane into the ground or heading into low-visibility conditions that require help from instruments.
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FIFI, one of only two remaining airworthy B-29s, is part of a fleet of World War II era aircraft on the Commemorative Air Force AirPower History Tour.
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Regulators contend the plane wasn’t airworthy during those flights.
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And what about Leonardo da Vinci, ur-tinkerer, whose not-quite-airworthy inventions of flying machines now grace museum walls?
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First Known Use of airworthy
1829
AIRWORTHY Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of airworthy for English Language Learners
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: fit or safe for flying
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