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The 1934 model year showcased an elegant new design, with coachbuilder Fleetwood crafting a body (no. 200) featuring streamlined fenders, a waterfall grille, and biplane bumpers.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
28 Oct. 2025 -
Their modest aircraft, a wooden biplane made of spruce and ash covered by cotton muslin, was open to the outside air.—
Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Aug. 2025
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Set in the middle of a host of beautiful lakes, Tavares is known America’s Seaplane City because of the high number of seaplanes that take off and land from its seaplane base.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
25 Oct. 2025
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Ports include Friday Harbor, Port Townsend and Poulsbo, and guests can enjoy whale watching, seaplane rides, kayaking and more.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Army’s record had been set by a five-man crew flying a trimotor monoplane with the financial backing of the War Department.—
Richard Selcer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Mar. 2024
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Four years later, father and son took their first flight together in Warren, where a Ford trimotor was offering short trips to the public.—
Jamie Turner,
cleveland.com,
16 July 2019
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Towards the nose, there's a front triplane wing, and a large S-duct with adaptive flaps built into the carbon fiber front hood to help things along.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
18 Oct. 2024
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Exhibits include fi rearms, artillery pieces, uniforms, armored vehicles, and even a Fokker triplane.—
Smithsonian,
Smithsonian,
26 May 2017
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Whether racing dune buggies along the Massachusetts coast, piloting a yellow sailplane, or sharing a silent chess match with Faye Dunaway, his shades were always front and center.—
Kate Donnelly,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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The same tendency also affects drones, with the original $1 million Predator, a simple uncrewed sailplane with a camera, morphing into the $22 million Reaper.—
David Hambling,
Popular Mechanics,
16 Feb. 2023
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Their next round of glider flights was far more successful.—
James Somers,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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During that time, the company produced glider parts for the war effort.—
Joel Williams,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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The task force uses a variety of aircraft, ranging from F-35 fighter jets to CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters to V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor transport planes.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Oct. 2025
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Expanding into tilt-rotor innovation EHang plans to build on the VT35 platform with future tilt-rotor variants, allowing greater range and operational flexibility.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Oct. 2025
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During the first visit, researchers found a dead snake-like amphibian, known as a caecilian, the study said.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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Cameroon Death Lake Lake Nyos in Cameroon, Central Africa; deadly carbon dioxide gas suddenly burst forth in 1986, creating a toxic cloud that killed nearly 1,800 people, 3,000 cattle, and countless domestic and wild animals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and insects.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Towplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/towplane. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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