trijet

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Recent Examples of trijet The Air Force is in the process of acquiring a new tanker, the Boeing KC-46 Pegasus, which will be more efficient and have more advanced avionics than the KC-10, but the trijet Extender will still have the Pegasus beat on fuel capacity by about 70 tons. Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2022 Question: Are trijet aircraft less safe than twin-engine or four-engine aircraft? – Andrew, Scottsdale, Arizona Answer:No. John Cox, USA TODAY, 17 June 2018 Each day at noon, French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Falcon flew a solo lap around the circuit in its flagship Falcon 7X trijet. Chris Clarke, Popular Mechanics, 7 Oct. 2015
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trijet
Noun
  • Fighter jets are routinely towed around the hangar deck to park them where they are needed for any flight operations or other work.
    CBS News, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The two airman inside the jet were said to have escaped safely.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In the late ’50s, this aviation company grew up with Grumman Aircraft Engineering Co. following its first twin turboprop production.
    Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The Cessna aircraft, a single-engine turboprop operated by Bering Air, departed from Unalakleet for Nome — a trip of about 150 miles — on February 7 with nine passengers and a pilot onboard, Alaska’s Department of Public Safety said.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Key Polish exports to the U.S. include machinery and mechanical equipment, notably turbojet and turboprop engines.
    Lidia Kurasinska, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Next will come Barracuda cruise missiles, Roadrunner autonomous twin turbojet vehicles and more.
    Andrew King, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • On January 29, a commercial jetliner and an Army helicopter collided near the nation's capital, resulting in 67 fatalities.
    Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
  • There were also two fatal crashes involving Boeing’s troubled 737 Max jetliner in 2018 and 2019.
    Josh Funk, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Russian leader Vladimir Putin deployed emergency aircraft to help with containment.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
  • The fiery crash sent both aircrafts plummeting into the Potomac River, and 67 people were killed in the historic disaster.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The overnight strike on the Ras Isa port sent massive fireballs billowing skyward and turned tanker trucks into burning wrecks.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Satellite images reveal additional deployments, including KC-135 refueling tankers.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The companies had ordered hundreds of new freighters when flush with cash from the boom in global trade during the pandemic.
    Peter Eavis, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Ross’ outside-of-the-box ingenuity also fueled a project by the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans that found Ross shipping himself in a freighter crate that journeyed from Rhode Island to Alabama.
    Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The cruise missiles and supersonics leap forward as the swarms line up behind.
    David Szondy, New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2024
  • The Low Boom Flight Demonstrator Project hopes to revive commercial supersonic by reducing a jet’s sonic boom.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 Mar. 2020

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“Trijet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trijet. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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