fleet leader
fleet leader noun: the airframe or component with the longest time in service, compared to others of the same design.
Noun
fleet leader (plural fleet leaders)
- The airframe or component with the longest time in service, compared to others of the same design.
- Obviously the best engines to use for comparison would be those of greatest total (flight plus test) operating time -- the so-called "fleet leaders."1986 June 6, Richard Feynman, “Personal observations on the reliability of the Shuttle”, in Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, Report to the President
- This Falcon 7X is now the fleet leader having flown over 800,000 nautical miles (148,148 km).2009 October 19, Dassault Aviation press releasehttps://web.archive.org/web/20200711052328/https://www.dassaultfalcon.com/en/MediaCenter/Newsd/Pages/PR%202009/Falcon-7X-Fleet-Leader-Passes-2,000-Fligh...
Forms of fleet leader
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Questions about fleet leader
- What does fleet leader mean?
- Fleet leader means the airframe or component with the longest time in service, compared to others of the same design.
- What part of speech is fleet leader?
- Fleet leader is a noun.
- What is the plural of fleet leader?
- The plural of fleet leader is fleet leaders.
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