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Recent Examples of supersonic
The Low Boom Flight Demonstrator Project hopes to revive commercial supersonic by reducing a jet’s sonic boom.
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Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 Mar. 2020
There’s no amount of computing power that can make the Wright Flyer supersonic.
—Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian, 11 Dec. 2019
The Devils landed winger Patrick Maroon, no stranger to riding shotgun beside former superstar teammates like Connor McDavid and Ryan Getzlaf, as well as the supersonic Michael Grabner last Thursday.
—Alex Prewitt, SI.com, 27 Feb. 2018
The SuperSonics had back-to-back picks, Nos. 6 and 7, after their championship and took Rutgers’ James Bailey ahead of Johnson.
—cleveland.com, 20 June 2017
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Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 Mar. 2020
There’s no amount of computing power that can make the Wright Flyer supersonic.
—Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian, 11 Dec. 2019
The Devils landed winger Patrick Maroon, no stranger to riding shotgun beside former superstar teammates like Connor McDavid and Ryan Getzlaf, as well as the supersonic Michael Grabner last Thursday.
—Alex Prewitt, SI.com, 27 Feb. 2018
The SuperSonics had back-to-back picks, Nos. 6 and 7, after their championship and took Rutgers’ James Bailey ahead of Johnson.
—cleveland.com, 20 June 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supersonic
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Twin-engine Air Force A-10 attack jets have also been deployed, CENTCOM said.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
2 Mar. 2026
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The police command spokesman for Nangarhar province, Said Tayyeb Hammad, said that anti-aircraft missiles were used from the provincial capital, Jalalabad, and surrounding areas on Pakistani fighter jets flying overhead Sunday morning.—
ABDUL QAHAR AFGHAN,
Arkansas Online,
2 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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When the aircraft goes supersonic, the engine functions like a turbojet, with combustion going active to produce high-velocity thrust.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
14 Dec. 2025
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The Navy Hawkeye, a twin-engine turboprop, provides similar information while operating off US aircraft carriers.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
2 Mar. 2026
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In October 2008, Chris Bretherton lifted off from the coast of northern Chile in a C-130 turboprop plane.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Feb. 2026
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The next day, a United jetliner bound for Japan lost a tire while taking off from San Francisco but later landed safely in Los Angeles.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Feb. 2026
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In 2025, the United States accepted a luxury Boeing 747 jetliner as a gift from Qatar.—
David Shepardson,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
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Pentagon officials said they were killed in an unmanned aircraft attack on March 1 on Port Shuaiba, Kuwait.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
5 Mar. 2026
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These tests focused on strength, toughness, and the material’s ability to be shaped and formed into aircraft components.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
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