flight-test

verb

ˈflīt-ˌtest How to pronounce flight-test (audio)
flight-tested; flight-testing; flight-tests

transitive verb

: to test (an airplane, a spacecraft, etc.) in flight

Examples of flight-test in a Sentence

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Apollo 8 was designed to orbit Earth with the module, which Major Anders would flight-test. — Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 8 June 2024 The step marks the beginning of the aircraft’s flight-test campaign and demonstrating the maturity of the development program. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 21 June 2026 Just over 50 years later, Boeing flight-tested a two-seat Diamond DA20 on a fuel cell. — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2024 Alexander Kaleri, Russia’s most senior flight-test engineer cosmonaut, was assigned command of this maiden flight because there were concerns that potential problems could arise. — James Oberg, IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2011 See All Example Sentences for flight-test

Word History

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of flight-test was in 1930

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“Flight-test.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flight-test. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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