1. preflight - Noun
2. preflight - Adjective
3. preflight - Verb
Taking place before the start of a flight.
(computing) Serving to confirm that requests can be accepted, before sending an actual request.
a CORS preflight request
preflight (plural preflights)
An inspection of an aircraft before the start of a flight.
preflight (third-person singular simple present preflights, present participle preflighting, simple past and past participle preflighted)
To perform an inspection of an aircraft before the start of a flight.
Iraqi Air Force Capt. Hama, then a student pilot, conducts preflight inspections while inside a new Iraqi F-16 Fighting Falcon located at the nearby Tucson International Airport, Dec. 17, 2014. Source: Internet
My annual doctor checkups get borderline blood pressure measurements, but I'm always in the good range for the donation preflight checks. Source: Internet
With that being said, the preflight process for a media/incentive flight on a B-52 is way more intense than I imagined. Source: Internet
This coincided with the launch of Merlin Entertainments 4D Experience preflight show underneath the ticket centre in County Hall. Source: Internet
NASA pressed on, and mid January 1967, preparations were being made for the final preflight tests of Spacecraft 012. citation The simulator problems proved extremely annoying to Grissom. Source: Internet
They hurdle onto a springboard and spring onto the vault with their hands (the preflight or first flight, and block). Source: Internet