preflights

In part of our preflights we tether the balloon down and we prepare the balloon from flight.

CNN Transcript Aug 25, 2007 2007

If necessary, the pilots could burst out of the bunker, clamber up the boarding ladders, finish off the preflights, and be airborne in well under five minutes.

Terror At Dawn Douglass, Keith 2003

They were finished with the preflights and about to strap in when a Humvee flew around the corner and nearly crashed into one of the small tractors standing on the apron.

Cyclops One Jim DeFelice 2003

They were finished with the preflights and about to strap in when a Humvee flew around the corner and nearly crashed into one of the small tractors standing on the apron.

Cyclops One Jim DeFelice 2003

Kira looked back at her boards, saw that the download was complete, and turned her attention to the preflights still flickering through her systems.

Proud Helios Melissa Scott 2000

We've finished bringing Ganges on line, and we're about halfway through the preflights.

Proud Helios Melissa Scott 2000

Other men crawled over and under each aircraft, giving them their preflights.

Carrie Douglass, Keith 1991

The preflight means using the checklist and learning the airplane or local procedures regarding how the FBO handles preflights, obtaining fuel and what to do if there is a major squawk uncovered on the preflight.

unknown title 2009

The preflight means using the checklist and learning the airplane or local procedures regarding how the FBO handles preflights, obtaining fuel and what to do if there is a major squawk uncovered on the preflight.

unknown title 2009

The preflight means using the checklist and learning the airplane or local procedures regarding how the FBO handles preflights, obtaining fuel and what to do if there is a major squawk uncovered on the preflight.

unknown title 2009