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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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An Air Canada jet carrying more than 70 passengers collided with a fire truck while landing at New York's LaGuardia Airport late Sunday, killing the pilot and copilot and injuring several others, officials said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Mar. 2026
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Air traffic control audio captured the dramatic radio traffic before and after an Air Canada Express jet collided with a fire truck on a runway at New York's LaGuardia airport late on Sunday, March 22, an accident that killed two pilots and injured dozens of others.—
Kate Perez,
USA Today,
23 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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In 2015, Germanwings Flight 9525, an Airbus A320, crashed in the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board; investigators said the jetliner was deliberately downed by the 27-year-old co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Mar. 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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The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of more than 900 African-American military pilots and airmen who flew combat aircraft in World War II.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Mar. 2026
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The statement adds that the pilots saw the helicopter, received a traffic alert and leveled the aircraft.—
Sarah Ploss,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Supersonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supersonic. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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