hangar queen (English, noun)
expansion: hangar queen (plural hangar queens)
Senses:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: A grounded aircraft which is kept so that its parts can be used in other aircraft.
tags: idiomatic
slang
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An aircraft which requires a great deal of regular maintenance and has an unfavorable ratio of maintenance time to flight time.
tags: idiomatic
slang
Forms:
form: hangar queens
tags: plural
form: hangar-queen
tags: alternative