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Noun
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The other tourist spaceship that is expected to get airborne in 2012 is the Lynx rocket plane from Xcor Aerospace, in Mojave.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Dec. 2011 -
Stratolaunch tests reusable hypersonic rocket plane.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 May 2025
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In the 1960s, the federal government also poured resources into developing a supersonic transport plane.—
Made by History,
Time,
1 Apr. 2025
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Although supersonic passenger aircraft found a niche from the 1970s through the early 2000s with the Concorde, commercial supersonic transport is no longer available for the mainstream consumer marketplace today.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
9 Feb. 2025
Noun
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In addition to the port attack, Ukraine's Special Operations Forces also hit the Syzran oil refinery in Russia's Samara region—a facility within the Rosneft system that produces jet fuel and other materials critical to the Russian military.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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Aviva, who was operating the jet ski at the time, remains hospitalized, reported WTVJ.—
Jillian Frankel,
People.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Unlike most subsequent commercial aircraft, the plane had its engines, four de Havilland Ghost turbojets, molded elegantly into the wing itself rather than in pods attached below it.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
5 Aug. 2025
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The sides fell from the packing crate, and the Roadrunner, a squat device that looked a little like a penguin, was propelled upward by two turbojets.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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The escalating costs of moving small units of capacity – 15-seat to 50-seat turboprops – have now eliminated any chance of providing flights in thin market routes.—
Michael Boyd,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
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The result was the first flight of a light turboprop in 1969 called the Bandeirante, and Embraer was born.—
Daniel Cote,
Robb Report,
2 Apr. 2025
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Before becoming the 41st U.S. President, George H. W. Bush received training on the Avenger TBF/TBM torpedo bomber at NAS Ft. Lauderdale from June 16 to Aug. 16, 1943.—
Lauren Ferrer,
Sun Sentinel,
3 July 2024
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Several hundred aircraft would assemble, including dive bombers, torpedo bombers and fighter planes, such as the P38 Lightnings, F4F Wildcats, F6F Hellcats, F4U Corsairs and P-40 Warhawks.—
Linda McIntosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Aug. 2023
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“Aerospace plane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aerospace%20plane. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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