pre-flight checks

internal checks

Checks carried out inside the cockpit prior to start-up. Also called pre-flight checks and before-start checks.
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He finished the pre-flight checks, taxied, accelerated and took off into the clear blue skies, marking a huge milestone for regional aviation.
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He told the hearing the pilot made normal pre-flight checks and take-off was normal.
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Keen to beat their competitors they quickly completed their pre-flight checks and took to their skies, narrowly clearing the trees at the end of the runway.
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And as Santa prepares his pre-flight checks, we take a look at the handful of games hitting consoles very early this month.
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A Rafale Marine attached to squadron 17F of the French navy awaits pre-flight checks before flight Operations aboard aircraft carrier USS George H.W.
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Although the healthier co-pilot was perfectly capable of landing the aircraft with a pilot short, he decided to not to take any chances and asked one of the flight attendants to assist him in conducting all the pre-flight checks before landing the plane.
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Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham was fatally injured after being ejected from his Hawk T1 aircraft while conducting pre-flight checks on the ground at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire, in 2011.
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Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham, 35, died after being ejected from his aircraft while conducting pre-flight checks on the ground at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire, on November 8, 2011.
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Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham (pictured) was fatally injured after being ejected from his Hawk T1 aircraft while conducting pre-flight checks on the ground at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire, on November 8, 2011.
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Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham, an experienced flyer and Iraq war veteran, was fatally injured after being ejected 300ft into the air from his Hawk T1 aircraft during pre-flight checks at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire, on November 8, 2011.
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