airworthy, a.
(ˈɛəˌwɜːðɪ)
Also air-worthy.
[f. air- III + -worthy, after seaworthy a.]
Of aircraft: in a fit condition for travelling through the air. Hence ˈairˌworthiness.
| 1829 Mech. Mag. XI. 181 The airiner has time, in all cases (assuming that the air-car is air-worthy) to concert proper measures for his safe descent. 1864 Mayne Reid Cliff-Climbers lii. 342 Whether their aërial ship would prove herself air-worthy. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 11 May 5/2 That their vessel would be airworthy when completed. 1909 H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay iv. i, I had satisfied myself..of the real air-worthiness of Lord Roberts β [sc. a dirigible balloon]. 1920 Flight XII. 1182/2 Ensuring that machines are maintained in an airworthy condition after the issue of the airworthiness certificate. 1955 Times 23 May 6/2 The results..will be reviewed by the Air Registration Board, and their bearing on airworthiness certification will be considered. |