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The team now plans stratospheric flights later this year, targeting altitudes above 40,000 feet—higher than typical passenger airliner cruise levels.
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Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026
Stepping off the airliner was not a victorious soccer team, however, but rather the man who has become an emblem of what critics say are America’s strict anti-immigration policies colliding with the world’s biggest sporting event.
—Abigail Williams, NBC news, 10 June 2026
That is higher than most passenger airliners cruise.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 9 June 2026
In 1976, Luis Posada Carriles and Orlando Bosch, two Cuban exiles, planned the bombing of a Cuban civilian airliner near Barbados that killed all 73 people aboard.
—Kevin A. Young, The Conversation, 8 June 2026
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Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026
Stepping off the airliner was not a victorious soccer team, however, but rather the man who has become an emblem of what critics say are America’s strict anti-immigration policies colliding with the world’s biggest sporting event.
—Abigail Williams, NBC news, 10 June 2026
That is higher than most passenger airliners cruise.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 9 June 2026
In 1976, Luis Posada Carriles and Orlando Bosch, two Cuban exiles, planned the bombing of a Cuban civilian airliner near Barbados that killed all 73 people aboard.
—Kevin A. Young, The Conversation, 8 June 2026
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“Airliner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airliner. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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airliner
noun
air·lin·er
-ˌlī-nər 
: an airplane operated by an airline
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