- test flight
- `test ,flight noun countan occasion when a plane or ROCKET (=vehicle for traveling into space) is flown for the first time in order to test its equipment
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test flight — a flight made to observe the performance characteristics of a new aircraft or spacecraft. [1910 15] * * * test flight noun A trial flight of a new aeroplane • • • Main Entry: ↑test * * * test flight UK US noun [countable] [singular test flight … Useful english dictionary
test flight — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms test flight : singular test flight plural test flights an occasion when a plane or rocket (= vehicle for travelling into space) is flown for the first time in order to test its equipment … English dictionary
test flight — n. to conduct a test flight * * * to conduct a test flight … Combinatory dictionary
Test Flight and Development Centre SAAF — The Test Flight and Development Centre is a unit of the South African Air Force. It is currently a test flight and evaluation centre.HistoryDue to South Africa s apartheid policies of the time, a number of countries instituted an arms boycott… … Wikipedia
test flight — Synonyms and related words: Gedankenexperiment, airlift, audition, bench test, dry run, flight, flight test, hearing, hop, jump, pilot plan, practical test, practice, rehearsal, road test, run, shakedown, shakedown cruise, solo, test run, trial… … Moby Thesaurus
test flight — exam flight, flight to test the airplane and/or the pilot … English contemporary dictionary
test flight — The flight of an aircraft performed to achieve a specified test objective. In the normal course, test flights are carried out to ascertain the air worthiness of aircraft or individual systems as well as to confirm performance parameters … Aviation dictionary
test flight — noun a flight during which the performance of an aircraft or its equipment is tested. Derivatives test fly verb … English new terms dictionary
test flight — a flight made to observe the performance characteristics of a new aircraft or spacecraft. [1910 15] * * * … Universalium
1994 A330 test flight crash — Accident summary Date June 30, 1994 (1994 06 30) Type Pilot error in test conditions, possible autopilo … Wikipedia
