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Fitness to fly
Answer for the clue "Fitness to fly ", 13 letters:
airworthiness
Word definitions for airworthiness in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state of being airworthy.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
airworthiness \airworthiness\ n. 1. fitness to fly. ``the plane received a certificate of airworthiness''.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Airworthiness is the measure of an aircraft 's suitability for safe flight . Certification of airworthiness is initially conferred by a certificate of airworthiness from a national aviation authority , and is maintained by performing the required maintenance ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. fitness to fly; "the plane received a certificate of airworthiness"
Usage examples of airworthiness.
He drove down to Brooklands and tested the aeroplane which the syndicate had purchasedit was an ancient Avro which must have secured its certificate of airworthiness by the skin of its ailerons, but he thought it would complete the double journey, given luck and good weather.
If the problem persists, the FAA gets into the act and issues an Airworthiness Directive to the carriers, requiring them to fix the planes in service within a specified time.
When the FAA issued an Airworthiness Directive mandating inspections of the rest of the 737 fleet, forty-nine more planes, operated by eighteen different carriers, were found to have extensive cracking.
That did not make him doubt the airworthiness of the craft, for it was always a matter of every man to his own trade.
If Air Indonesia or Pakistani Air won't follow the Airworthiness Directives, we can't force them to.
But the company says Airworthiness Directives were issued that fixed the problems.
We're flying towards a mooring mast at the centre of a field where other zeppelins lie in various states of airworthiness.