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trijet

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Definition of trijet

as in jet

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Recent Examples of trijet The aircraft was described by the FAA as a McDonnell Douglas MD-11, a trijet wide-body airliner manufactured by McDonnell Douglas and later Boeing. — Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025 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

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Noun

Many of the jet owners keep their aircraft for personal use, flying under the FAA’s Part 91 regulations.

— Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Pakistan ‌has since deployed about 8,000 troops, fighter jets, drones and an air defense system to the kingdom, Reuters reported in May, and has pursued wider Gulf ‌security ties.

— Reuters, NBC news, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of jet

Noun

Totality from a turboprop A nine-passenger King Air turboprop chartered from Norlandair will fly from Reykjavík Airport, Iceland, north to south to intercept the path of totality in a flight known as Umbracept.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
The single-engine turboprop plane was built in 2010, according to FAA records.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026

Definition of turboprop

Noun

Supporting missile programs The TJ150 is a compact turbojet that produces more than 150 pounds of thrust while operating efficiently at high altitudes.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
But then the development of modern high-bypass turbofan jet engines that are 75% quieter than 1960s-technology turbojets eliminated much of the controversy.

— Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 14 June 2026

Definition of turbojet

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JetBlue employees found Sammuel Lackey, 32, sleeping aboard a 2012 Airbus A320 during a routine interior inspection prior to moving the jetliner early Sunday, according to an arrest affidavit by the Broward Sheriff’s Office.

— Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026
The Tupolev Tu-104 was a type of jetliner originally designed to transport 50 passengers.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of jetliner

Noun

The aircraft was cleared, passengers were permitted to reboard, and the flight continued without further incident.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
In a traditional operational environment, information may have to pass through multiple human operators and system interfaces before a new task reaches another aircraft.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of aircraft

Noun

Six vessels moved into the Persian Gulf — five cargo ships and one tanker — while one cargo ship exited into the Gulf of Oman.

— Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, a tanker reported hearing two explosions off the coast of Oman while transiting Hormuz, according to a Wednesday incident report from the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre.

— Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of tanker

Noun

The Boeing 737 entered service in 1999 as a passenger aircraft before it was converted into a freighter in 2011.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 9 July 2026
The 737-400 was first delivered as a passenger plane to Russia’s Aeroflot in 1999 and was converted to a freighter in 2012, according to Flightradar24.

— Reuters, CNN Money, 8 July 2026

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