Idiom
hangar queen
Meaning
A grounded aircraft which is kept so that its parts can be used in other aircraft.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That old plane is just a hangar queen now.”
“The mechanics stripped parts from the hangar queen to keep the rest of the fleet flying.”
“Although the airframe remained structurally sound, it became a permanent hangar queen, cannibalized daily to provide essential components for its more active counterparts.”
Examples
simple
“That old plane is just a hangar queen now.”
contextual
“The mechanics stripped parts from the hangar queen to keep the rest of the fleet flying.”
complex
“Although the airframe remained structurally sound, it became a permanent hangar queen, cannibalized daily to provide essential components for its more active counterparts.”
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