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test flight
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test flight [′test ‚flīt]
(aerospace engineering)
A flight to make controlled observations of the operation or performance of an aircraft or a rocket, or of a component of an aircraft or rocket.


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He was test-flying the plane from Ring way Airport, Manchester, befote handing it over in its new insignia to the Greek air force.
Additionally, he writes of his training in test-flying and the tedium of this work, not just the excitement and danger.
The children spent hours making and test-flying the missiles, made of re-cycled two-litre pop bottles.
 
 
 
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