preflight

adj.

（飞机、导弹、人造卫星等）起飞（或升空）前的，为（飞机等）起飞（或升空）作准备的；

1. The crew ran through the preflight procedures.
   机组人员又复习了一遍飞行前的程序。
2. Weather conditions can change quickly, making preflight briefings obsolete.
   天气状况变幻莫测，使得飞行前的天气信息失去时效。

Automated remote correction of preflight defects
Design and preflight performance of ASTER instrument protoflight model
Preflight Signalling in Swans: A Mechanism for Group Cohesion and Flock Formation
The Preflight Evaluation : A Comparison of the Hypoxia Inhalation Test With Hypobaric Exposure
Preflight adjustment to eastward travel: 3 days of advancing sleep with and without morning bright light
Ground Ice at the Phoenix Landing Site: A Preflight Assessment
The Physics of Leaping Animals and the Evolution of Preflight
The Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Sensors and Preflight Calibration Plans
Diagnostic system and method for enabling multistage decision optimization for aircraft preflight dispatch
Otolith tilt-translation reinterpretation following prolonged weightlessness: implications for preflight training.