my uncle learned how to fly an airplane while serving in the air force
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Not long after, the airplane experienced a complete loss of engine power.—
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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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