flying machine

noun

: an apparatus for navigating the air

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On Sunday, April 26, enthusiasts can get up-close looks at more than 2,000 fantastic flying machines and vintage autos when this event takes over the Half Moon Bay Airport. Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026 That kind of popularity and radiant goodness produces a lineage of artists but doesn’t have the crowd appeal of a lone genius who invents a flying machine or pulls a seventeen-foot sculpture out of a block of marble. Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026 Of course, not everyone needs a 10,000-watt flying machine. Omar Kardoudi march 11, New Atlas, 11 Mar. 2026 Generally speaking, the flying machines manufactured by Archer, Vertical, Joby Aviation, and Beta Technologies, among others, look and operate similarly. David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for flying machine

Word History

First Known Use

1736, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of flying machine was in 1736

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“Flying machine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flying%20machine. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.

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