Definition of "airworthy" []

• Being in fit condition to fly: an airworthy helicopter; airworthy avionics. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Jimmy Jones, a former RAF engineer who obtained the documents under Freedom of Information legislation, told the newspaper: "This aircraft could not be described as airworthy.""
• "But the military brought them back into operation in June after the aircraft were deemed to be "airworthy"."
• "If the plane has not had their required inspections, or fails one, the plane is not "airworthy," and should not be flying."