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Recent Examples of airship
The Cardboard Cosmos: A Lilliputian World display is packed with tiny, intricate mockups of cardboard items such as houses, furniture, and futuristic airships.
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IEEE Spectrum, 24 Jan. 2025
The most recent announcement is a US$50-million order from UK airship transport operation Straightline Aviation.
—New Atlas, 13 Mar. 2025
The airship's helium volume reaches 6.3 million cubic feet, enabling it to reach a maximum altitude of 10,000 feet.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 24 Feb. 2025
But those catastrophes—and the most unforgettable airship disaster, the explosion of the Hindenburg in 1937—couldn’t deflate enthusiasm for the Goodyear Blimp.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 20 Jan. 2025
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IEEE Spectrum, 24 Jan. 2025
The most recent announcement is a US$50-million order from UK airship transport operation Straightline Aviation.
—New Atlas, 13 Mar. 2025
The airship's helium volume reaches 6.3 million cubic feet, enabling it to reach a maximum altitude of 10,000 feet.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 24 Feb. 2025
But those catastrophes—and the most unforgettable airship disaster, the explosion of the Hindenburg in 1937—couldn’t deflate enthusiasm for the Goodyear Blimp.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airship
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The aircraft is produced by Chengdu Aircraft Corporation and equipped with modern radar and air-to-air missile systems.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 May 2025
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Air traffic controllers could be heard telling a FedEx plane that their screens went dark and then asking the aircraft to tell their company to put pressure on to get the problem fixed.—
Sam Sweeney,
ABC News,
9 May 2025
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The ship will launch in late 2026 and be the first-ever vessel in the line's new Prestige class.—
Chrissie McClatchie,
Travel + Leisure,
8 May 2025
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Sky News reported that the victim was a member of a bachelor party onboard the ship.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
8 May 2025
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The work will start in June and the majority of airplanes will be finished by July, with the remainder done in 2026.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2025
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But according to flight attendants, many travelers are regularly breaking the rules of good airplane behavior, often without even realizing it.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Southern Living,
14 May 2025
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Restrictions were placed on helicopter flights near the airport after a Jan. 29 mid-air collision between a Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet that was attempting to land at DCA.—
Greg Allen,
NPR,
3 May 2025
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This is the latest in a series of safety incidents involving helicopters and planes near the airport.—
David Shepardson,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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By 2027, United expects to have 30 such planes available.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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On Monday evening, there were as few as three air traffic controllers at a Philadelphia radar center scheduled each hour to guide planes that were flying into and out of Newark Liberty International Airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.—
Joe Hernandez,
NPR,
13 May 2025
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The Pentagon bans on Chinese components don’t extend to parts like airframes, engines and batteries, but relying on them can still be risky.—
David Jeans,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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The jet is thought to be a sixth-generation aircraft, incorporating the latest stealth technology, avionics and powerplant and airframe engineering.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
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It is inspired by the extraordinary real-life story of Mathias Rust, a young West German teenager in 1987 who shocked the world by flying through Soviet air defences and landed a Cessna aeroplane right in the middle of the Red Square.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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This is especially true with the lower circulating oxygen levels on an aeroplane, in people with breathing problems or when combined with alcohol.—
Brian Dillon,
Newsweek,
20 Dec. 2024
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In fact, Reynolds, Lively, Vision’s Sloane and the NYT are all hoping to be cut loose from Baldoni’s legal tractor beam.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
8 May 2025
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That Super Hornet, along with the tow tractor that was pulling it, fell off the ship on April 28, the office of the Navy chief of information in Bahrain said in a statement.—
Mosheh Gains,
NBC news,
7 May 2025
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“Airship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airship. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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