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Test of an aircraft, rocket, missile, or other vehicle by actual flight or launching. Flight tests are planned to achieve specific test objectives and gain operational information. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Today's test on a FedEx MD-10 represents the first time such a system will be flight-tested on a regular commercial route. In the world of science and technology, Jonas Salk was testing the polio vaccine during the summer of 1952 and the B-52 prototype was being flight-tested. NASA pilots flight-tested this "synthetic vision" system on a "windowless" 737 jet last January. |
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