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Answer for the clue "Before take-off ", 9 letters:
preflight

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Preflight is an EP by the Christian rock band Building 429 , which was released in 2002. The recording was made and distributed to promote the then forthcoming second independent album by the band entitled Flight .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Taking place before the start of a flight n. An inspection of an aircraft before the start of a flight

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also pre-flight , 1918 with reference to aviation, from pre- + flight (n.).

Usage examples of preflight.

And finally, I believe that you had better get back to studying your preflight, flight, and postflight checklists before you get the biggest chance of your life to really, and I mean really, screw the pooch!

Teres filled the craft as he and Larus went through the preflight check.

Their ground crews took fewer than ten seconds to begin preflight procedures as the airmen climbed the steel ladders into their cockpits and plugged in their helmet radios to learn what the emergency was.

Strategic Air Command surveillance mission codenamed Brass Knob sent a preflight message.

Red Thunder, the specs of every piece of equipment in her, the proper way to troubleshoot a fan or a water pump or a Sears Kenmore freezer, the preflight checklists for each crew member.

The preflight checks have shown up faults in the computer backup systems.

His preflight briefing officers had assured him that the enemy didn't have any kind of early warning radar system.

Those aircraft just back from patrol had their fuel tanks topped off, and were preflighted by the ground crews.

Jake did a walk-around preflight check with his flashlight set for white light because in red light any red hydraulic fluid leaking from the plane would be almost invisible.

The preflight safety briefing consisted of telling me they suspected the last seat-pocket safety instruction card had been eaten by either a goat or a small child, but if I did happen to find another one on the floor or anywhere, could they have it back, please?

Turning on the ion coil preheaters, he began running through the Falcon's streamlined preflight procedures.

He boarded just as the pilot, a very senior colonel, was making his airline-like preflight announcements.

They had not spoken since the first hour of the flight, when after preflight champagne and three subsequent large whiskies Lennox had admitted to being a writer.