How to Use flyable in a Sentence
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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
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No one is as far along as Boom in terms of having a near-flyable demonstrator.
—Tom Vanderbilt, Wired, 20 Dec. 2021
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Not all of the fleet of Mercury planes are likely in flyable condition.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 Oct. 2020
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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
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Some of the flyable planes had a fair market value exceeding $3 million.
—Josh Kovner, courant.com, 3 Oct. 2019
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Many of the planes in the Boneyard were in flyable condition, but have simply become obsolete.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2022
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But there was still one flyable C-130A (the initial production version).
—Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 21 Apr. 2017
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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
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The museum has 59 flyable and static planes inside four (air-conditioned!) hangars.
—Stepfanie Romine, USA TODAY, 4 June 2019
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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
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The Iraqis also reportedly even cannibalized some jets for parts to keep others flyable.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes, 11 May 2021
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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
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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
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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
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South Korea plans to build six flyable prototypes, wrapping up development and testing by 2026.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 21 July 2022
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By 2009, none of those obsolete jets were reportedly in flyable condition.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes, 11 May 2021
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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
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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
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Tallying North Korea’s flyable warplanes is tantamount to an extinction countdown.
—David Axe, Forbes, 22 June 2021
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The fighters, built during the Eisenhower Administration, are reportedly flyable.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2020
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