as in airplanes
a vehicle for traveling through the air that has fixed wings for lift
an exhibit of a few of the aeroplanes that won the Battle of Britain
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Kevin Carter | Getty Images JetBlue Airways plans to install Amazon's Project Kuiper on some of its airplanes to bolster in-flight Wi-Fi, the companies announced Thursday, in a vote of confidence for the nascent internet satellite service.—
Annie Palmer,Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025 -
Newer airplanes are built with flexible wings, better aerodynamic control, and advanced autopilot systems.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
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Her father loved to fly, Julia Norem said, and often brought the Norem children to the airport on weekends to watch planes take off and land.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Mythology holds that a triangular region on Lake Michigan is a mysterious spot where ships, people and planes have been known to disappear, in many cases never to be found, according to the Great Lakes Museum.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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