flyworthy

comparative more flyworthy · superlative most flyworthy · alternative fly-worthy

1. Capable of flight; airworthy

   With two aircraft riddled with hits and no longer flyworthy, the balance four flights were called off.

   2010, Raj K. Mehta, Lost Victory

   2 more examples

   […] formations were so decimated that, apart from the special air units stationed at Stalino and Makeyevka, the Germans stopped referring to their aircraft as part of a group or squadron, and classified them only as flyworthy or unflyworthy.

   1985, Janusz Piekalkiewicz, The Air War, 1939-1945

   Although seemingly complete, even to the non-aviator the craft was blatantly not fly-worthy as parts of the fuselage carried gaping holes.

   2013, Nicholas Frankcom, Missing Louise

   Synonyms: flyable