pre-flight
Prior to departure
Pre-flight describes checks, preparations, or procedures done before an aircraft takes off.
Pilots conduct pre-flight inspections of instruments and controls.
The term extends to any preparation before launching: a pre-flight checklist for the product release, pre-flight jitters.
As a verb, to pre-flight is to perform such checks: She pre-flighted the Cessna before dawn.
Formal assessment of condition
- briefingConcise information session
- safetyFreedom from harm
- walkthroughSequential instructional guide
- fuelEnergy source material
hydraulics · oxygen · altimeter · transponder · flaps · autopilot · deicing · harness
Concise information session
Registering one's presence
- securityProtection from threat
- luggageTraveler's packed containers
- carry-onBag kept in cabin
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
visa · immigration · customs · ticketing · reservation · gate · terminal · boarding
State of eager enthusiasm
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- adventureRisky exciting undertaking
- wanderlustCraving for distant places
- destinationIntended arrival point
journey · exploration · vacation · holiday · escape · butterflies · nervousness · eagerness
inspection
Formal assessment of condition
- briefingConcise information session
- safetyFreedom from harm
- walkthroughSequential instructional guide
fuel · hydraulics · oxygen · altimeter · transponder · flaps · autopilot · deicing · harness · navigation
briefing
Concise information session
check-in
Registering one's presence
passport · visa · immigration · customs · ticketing · reservation · gate · terminal · boarding · duty-free
excitement
State of eager enthusiasm
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- adventureRisky exciting undertaking
- wanderlustCraving for distant places
destination · journey · exploration · vacation · holiday · escape · butterflies · nervousness · eagerness · daydreaming
- rocketryrocket, rockets, rocket fuel, rocket engine, rocket engines
- paraglidingwing, glider, paramotor, harness, risers
- spaceflightlaunch, astronaut, spacecraft, liftoff, orbit