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▪ I. preˈflight, a.
[f. pre- B. 2 + flight n.1]
a. Of or pertaining to the time before powered flight. rare.
b. Of or pertaining to the preparations for a flight, or for flying in general.
1922Encycl. Brit. XXX. 44/2 Almost all altimeters in use are based on the pre-flight aneroid in which the trade convention was to assume everywhere an atmospheric temperature of 10° C. 1942R.A.F. Jrnl. 27 June 4 American boys..are to be given pre-flight aviation training. 1962A. Shepard in Into Orbit 98 Then I went through my final pre-flight medical. 1968J. Sangster Touchfeather xviii. 205, I could just see his head at the flight deck window as he made some of his pre-flight checks. 1970N. Armstrong et al. First on Moon ii. 35 She had left the Holiday Inn two hours earlier to drive to the preflight examination area.
▪ II. preˈflight, v.
[f. prec.]
trans. To prepare (an aircraft) for a flight.
1971Flying (N.Y.) Apr. 40/3 A moron could..preflight and satisfactorily steer the 172. 1975L. D. Kusche Bermuda Triangle Mystery Solved 98 Each plane had been..preflighted and held a full load of fuel. 1975High Times Dec. 70/2 So you load up and preflight the plane. 1976B. Lecomber Dead Weight vi. 75 Simon..did want a flying lesson... I told him to pre-flight the Cherokee. |