airworthy

adjective air·wor·thy \ -ˌwər-t͟hē \

Updated on: 20 Mar 2018

Definition of airworthy

: fit for operation in the air

kept the historic aircraft in airworthy condition

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airworthiness

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The majority of A-10s have already received new wings and will remain airworthy into the 2030s, but for more than 100 planes, a third of the fleet, the future is uncertain.

— kyle mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Air Force Will Lose More Than a Third of A-10s If the Planes Don't Get New Wings," 19 Jan. 2018
Some airlines reportedly had to cannibalize some of their planes to keep others airworthy.

— kansascity, "Workers find both data recorders at Russian plane crash site | The Kansas City Star," 12 Feb. 2018
And in 2015, when Germany debated sending Tornado strike jets to Syria, it was revealed that only 29 out 66 Tornados were airworthy.

— kyle mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Germany’s Entire Submarine Fleet Is Out of Commission," 21 Dec. 2017
One of the unique features of this museum is that all the planes are airworthy.

— scott mcmurren, Alaska Dispatch News, "Here are some fun things to do once you snap up those cheap tickets to Seattle," 5 Nov. 2017
Whether Mr Yadav’s aircraft are airworthy is unproven.

— The Economist, "An Indian aviation visionary runs into bureaucratic turbulence," 19 Oct. 2017
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.

— zaz hollander, Alaska Dispatch News, "NTSB plans rare Alaska hearing as part of Togiak plane crash probe," 19 July 2017
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.

— lou ponsi, Orange County Register, "95-year-old Irvine veteran gets one more mission on a B-29," 30 May 2017
Regulators contend the plane wasn’t airworthy during those flights.

— bart jansen, USA TODAY, "FAA proposes $435,000 fine for United," 30 May 2017

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