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
First Known Use of preflight
1945
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Of course, migrating preflight dining from the traditional serve-yourself buffet to a tony restaurant with servers doesn’t come cheap—and U.S. airlines have become global masters of operating as skillful nickel-squeezers.
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Of course, migrating preflight dining from the traditional serve-yourself buffet to a tony restaurant with servers doesn’t come cheap—and U.S. airlines have become global masters of operating as skillful nickel-squeezers.
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Frank and teammate Harmon Bhasin were in Florida before the launch to explain their project at a NASA preflight news conference.
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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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