my uncle learned how to fly an airplane while serving in the air force
Recent Examples on the WebThat means nothing is off the table, including changing the approach of arriving airplanes.—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 May 2024 Air traffic controllers must also react, diverting airplanes from places that are experiencing communications blackouts, or grounding planes entirely if the absence of comms is more global.—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 15 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for airplane
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: a fixed-wing heavier-than-air aircraft that is driven by a propeller or by a forceful stream of gases backward and is supported by the reaction of the air against its wings
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