Definition of preflight
: preparing for or preliminary to flight (as of an aircraft) a preflight inspection
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According to the NTSB, the crash stemmed from a preflight hydraulic check in which Mahany turned off a switch, cutting hydraulic pressure to the tail rotor hydraulic circuit.
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First Known Use of preflight
1942
preflight
Definition of preflight
transitive verb
: to inspect (an aircraft) before a flight
First Known Use of preflight
1945
preflight
Definition of preflight
: a preflight inspection of an aircraft
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Before that, in February, a United pilot gave a preflight rant about divorce, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton — causing her passengers to flee the plane.
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And the insurance payout will fall on the roughly two dozen preflight insurers.
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First Known Use of preflight
1950
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