Airworthy
(of an aircraft) meeting established standards for safe flight; equipped and maintained in condition to fly.
Contemporary Examples
The FAA will have to certify SpaceShipTwo as airworthy, but there are as yet no protocols in place for that process.
Tycoons in Space: One in Orbit and One Still Grounded Clive Irving October 4, 2014
Historical Examples
The law says that it can’t leave the ground unless it’s airworthy.
By Proxy Gordon Randall Garrett
This is to notify you that the aircraft in question has been inspected and found to be not airworthy.
By Proxy Gordon Randall Garrett
The inventor thinks they will be compact and just as airworthy as ocean liners are seaworthy.
The Boy’s Book of New Inventions Harry E. Maule
Without wings or control surfaces, it is obviously not airworthy.
By Proxy Gordon Randall Garrett
adjective
(of an aircraft) safe to fly
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