my uncle learned how to fly an airplane while serving in the air force
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In February 2023, 222 Nicaraguans boarded an airplane in Managua, uncertain what awaited them in the United States.—
Lynn Northcutt Vega,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Oct. 2026 The short sortie—which lasted about a mile and reached only about 70 feet in altitude—made the 320-foot-wide behemoth the largest airplane ever to take flight.—Encyclopedia Britannica,
28 Oct. 2026 Sawyer got his hands on a small electric airplane and is one of only a handful of people in America with FAA approval to fly it.—CBS News,
27 Oct. 2026 But this isn’t the Cruise audiences are typically familiar with — the dashing Hollywood movie star who jumps off cliffs and hangs off airplane wings.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
27 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for airplane
: 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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