How to Use airworthy in a Sentence

airworthy

adjective
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  • The agency considered the plane airworthy.
  • One of the unique features of this museum is that all the planes are airworthy.
    — Scott McMurren, Alaska Dispatch News, 5 Nov. 2017
  • The very first 777 off the assembly line was airworthy.
    — Maureen Tkacik, The New Republic, 18 Sep. 2019
  • The website Airplanes of the Past listed 10 airworthy B-17s in the country.
    — Phil Gast, Thom Patterson and Steve Almasy, CNN, 2 Oct. 2019
  • The plane that crashed was airworthy and safe to fly, Mr. Pramintohadi said.
    — I Made Sentana, WSJ, 30 Oct. 2018
  • After the plane was fixed it was studied and declared airworthy.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 7 May 2020
  • The photos were shot from ground level, and in some cases depict craft that are no longer airworthy.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 8 July 2022
  • Only a few of the roaring Boeing B-17s are still airworthy.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2019
  • Organizers hope the Fitchburg plane will be airworthy by next year.
    — Graham Ambrose, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2018
  • In the end, much of the plane’s real design happened on the assembly line, and Boeing had to write off three separate mock-ups that were too much like science projects to pass off as airworthy planes.
    — Maureen Tkacik, The New Republic, 18 Sep. 2019
  • Authorities say the Cessna was airworthy and had the technical requirements for the flight.
    — USA TODAY, 14 June 2023
  • Because of the collision between the fence and the propeller, the plane’s engine will now have to undergo a full teardown before it can be deemed airworthy, Griswold said.
    — Emily Brindley, courant.com, 8 Sep. 2019
  • Here’s a collection of photos showing Raptor pilots and maintainers working to get the planes airworthy and off the damaged base.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 Nov. 2018
  • Airbus insists that the plane was airworthy, and air accident investigators found a plethora of problems to have caused the crash.
    — Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Still, what the team has accomplished to arrive at an airworthy Modification 2 is no small feat.
    — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Jan. 2023
  • In plain English, that means that Matternet’s M2 drone fleet has been deemed airworthy and safe to transport cargo and make deliveries over people.
    — Byjessica Mathews, Fortune, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Vintage planes need to be certified as airworthy by the FAA and are subject to periodic inspections.
    — Jennifer McDermott, The Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Lipp, who uses a scooter, said the problem is not just that airplanes have not been designed to safely carry wheelchairs, but that wheelchairs approved by health insurers are not built to be airworthy.
    — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Former aviators said there were four airworthy Blackhawks and four working C-208 utility planes among the usable fleet when Kabul fell.
    — New York Times, 13 Mar. 2022
  • The Netherlands keeps all its F-16 jets airworthy through regular maintenance.
    — Cagan Koc, Bloomberg.com, 26 May 2023
  • Commercial delivery will require a safe, airworthy craft to scale.
    — Stephen Pastis, Fortune, 12 July 2023
  • Regulators contend the plane wasn’t airworthy during those flights.
    — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 30 May 2017
  • Some airlines reportedly had to cannibalize some of their planes to keep others airworthy.
    — kansascity, 12 Feb. 2018
  • And what about Leonardo da Vinci, ur-tinkerer, whose not-quite-airworthy inventions of flying machines now grace museum walls?
    — John Borland, WIRED, 10 Aug. 2007
  • NBC News could not independently verify if all the aircraft were airworthy.
    — Caroline Radnofsky, NBC News, 11 Aug. 2022
  • In late 2020, local spotters observed its engines getting started, a regular procedure for aircraft kept in long-term storage, but are still airworthy.
    — Miquel Ros, CNN, 19 Feb. 2021
  • But federal and global aviation authorities, not Boeing, must approve software changes sought to make the planes airworthy.
    — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2019
  • Indonesian officials insist that the aircraft was airworthy, but others question that assertion.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Nov. 2018
  • But the unusual location also stems from a spate of fatal plane crashes linked to either flying an airworthy plane into the ground or heading into low-visibility conditions that require help from instruments.
    — Zaz Hollander, Alaska Dispatch News, 19 July 2017
  • The Federal Aviation Administration asserts that the planes are airworthy.
    — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2019

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