How to Use flyable in a Sentence

flyable

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• The Phantom is the only plane of its kind that is flyable in the civilian world.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Nov. 2020
• No one is as far along as Boom in terms of having a near-flyable demonstrator.
  — Tom Vanderbilt, Wired, 20 Dec. 2021
• Not all of the fleet of Mercury planes are likely in flyable condition.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 Oct. 2020
• Thirty-two of the 35 attack planes are flyable—a readiness rate that exceeds what even many of the world’s richer air forces can manage.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 22 June 2021
• Some of the flyable planes had a fair market value exceeding $3 million.
  — Josh Kovner, courant.com, 3 Oct. 2019
• Many of the planes in the Boneyard were in flyable condition, but have simply become obsolete.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2022
• But there was still one flyable C-130A (the initial production version).
  — Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 21 Apr. 2017
• If the majority of older F-35s are not in flyable condition, does its matter if the planes were delivered early in the first place?
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 5 Mar. 2018
• The museum has 59 flyable and static planes inside four (air-conditioned!) hangars.
  — Stepfanie Romine, USA TODAY, 4 June 2019
• However, as Cirrus would tell you, that's much cheaper than similar private jets — and the Vision Jet is flyable by a single pilot.
  — Alex Fitzpatrick, Fortune, 23 June 2017
• The Iraqis also reportedly even cannibalized some jets for parts to keep others flyable.
  — Paul Iddon, Forbes, 11 May 2021
• Other ideas include workshop space for a nonprofit group that builds flyable look-alikes of the Wright B Flyer, aviation work force training and community projects.
  — Christine Negroni, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2016
• Although the planes are not flyable and their electronics are long destroyed, a foreign country could learn crucial design details and examine the advanced composites that make up the plane's fuselage and skin.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 31 Jan. 2022
• The runways of every major coastal airport from Northern California to Vancouver are buckled, cracked, and no longer flyable.
  — Jerry Thompson, Discover Magazine, 12 Mar. 2012
• South Korea plans to build six flyable prototypes, wrapping up development and testing by 2026.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 21 July 2022
• By 2009, none of those obsolete jets were reportedly in flyable condition.
  — Paul Iddon, Forbes, 11 May 2021
• Peter Jakab expertly documents the progression of the Wright brothers experiments to refine the wings, propulsion system and control and balance designs that led to a flyable airplane.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2022
• The strict certificate-of-airworthiness conditions even lay down that the aircraft shall be flyable manually, if all electric and electronic signaling aids break down together.
  — J. A. Maxtone Graham, Popular Mechanics, 24 Sep. 2020
• Tallying North Korea’s flyable warplanes is tantamount to an extinction countdown.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 22 June 2021
• The fighters, built during the Eisenhower Administration, are reportedly flyable.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2020

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024