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1test-fly — /test fluy /, v.t., test flew, test flown, test flying. to fly (an aircraft or spacecraft) for the evaluation of performance. [1935 40] * * * …
2test-fly — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ transitive verb : to subject to a flight test test fly an experimental plane * * * /test fluy /, v.t., test flew, test flown, test flying. to fly (an aircraft or spacecraft) for the evaluation of performance. [1935 40] * * * testˈ fly… …
3test-fly — transitive verb (test flew; test flown; flying) Date: 1936 to subject to a flight test < test fly an experimental plane > …
4Test pilot — Test pilots are aviators who fly new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers, allowing the results to be measured and the design to be evaluated. Test pilots may work for military organizations or private, (mostly aerospace) companies.… …
5test flight — test ,flight noun count an occasion when a plane or ROCKET (=vehicle for traveling into space) is flown for the first time in order to test its equipment …
6test-fly — test′ fly v. t. flew, flown, fly•ing aer. to fly (an aircraft or spacecraft) in order to evaluate performance • Etymology: 1935–40 …
7Test Readiness Program — The Test Readiness Program was a United States Government program established in 1963 to maintain the necessary technologies and infrastructure for the atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons, should the treaty which prohibited such testing be… …
8test — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a critical examination or trial of a person s or thing s qualities. 2 the means of so examining; a standard for comparison or trial; circumstances suitable for this (success is not a fair test). 3 a minor examination, esp. in… …
9Test 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… …
10test 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 …
