my uncle learned how to fly an airplane while serving in the air force
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As the airplane air-conditioning worked overtime in the desert heat, the grooms traversed the tarmac numerous times to shuttle water and supplies to the horses.—
Danielle Rossingh,
New York Times,
9 Sep. 2026 In the 1950s and 1960s, the aerospace industry found eggshells’ resistance to shattering to be a useful model when conducting failure analysis studies of the metal shells used to build airplanes.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
8 Sep. 2026 The most prominent bit of imagery in Fly Now (2022) is the front of an airplane with its door open and boarding stairs at the ready; the name koether is inscribed on the fuselage next to the door.—
Barry Schwabsky,
ARTnews.com,
8 Sep. 2026 Most of the victims, including 343 New York City firefighters, will be honored at the site of the World Trade Center, the first of the terrorists’ targets, where hijacked airplanes destroyed the iconic twin towers on a Tuesday morning.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Sep. 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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