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Recent Examples of rocket plane
Virgin decided to move on to the Delta-class program after completing 12 flights to the edge of space—above 80 km or 50 miles, as defined by the US government—with the previous-generation VSS Unity rocket plane.
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Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026
Ambitious short film chronicles daring flight of X-15 rocket plane test pilot (video)
Going to SXSW 2025?
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 8 Mar. 2025
These lower operating expenses are tied to Virgin Galactic's decision to suspend operations of its VSS Unity suborbital rocket plane last year to focus investment into a new series of suborbital spacecraft known as Delta-class ships.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2025
Even after digital computers arrived, analog computers remained popular into the 1970s, especially for simulations (they were used to drive flight simulators for the X-15 [pdf] rocket plane and early spacecraft).
—Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Mar. 2015
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Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026
Ambitious short film chronicles daring flight of X-15 rocket plane test pilot (video)
Going to SXSW 2025?
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 8 Mar. 2025
These lower operating expenses are tied to Virgin Galactic's decision to suspend operations of its VSS Unity suborbital rocket plane last year to focus investment into a new series of suborbital spacecraft known as Delta-class ships.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2025
Even after digital computers arrived, analog computers remained popular into the 1970s, especially for simulations (they were used to drive flight simulators for the X-15 [pdf] rocket plane and early spacecraft).
—Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Mar. 2015
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rocket plane
Noun
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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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No pattern enacted on these buttons will safely land a four-hundred-ton jetliner, flaring and bouncing and settling heavily onto its twenty-two wheels while the spoilers on the wings snap up and the jets scream in reverse and the passengers sigh in relief.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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The airline collapsed after the jet fuel crisis added to its longstanding issues, including heavy debt loads and a surge in costs.—
Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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His plane of choice hasn't changed – the TBM Avenger, the Navy's main torpedo bomber during World War II, particularly in the Pacific theater.—
Noel Brennan,
CBS News,
15 May 2026
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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
Noun
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Incorporating a turbojet complicates the drone’s design and introduces supply chain vulnerabilities.—
Vikram Mittal,
Forbes.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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Ukrainian officials report that it is powered by a JT80 turbojet from the Chinese company Telefly, offering greater thrust than the engine used in the Geran‑3.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Rocket plane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rocket%20plane. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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