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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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trijet
Noun
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The move comes months after the Coast Guard requested a $50 million budget increase, reportedly in an effort to replace Noem's aging jet with a new long-range Gulfstream V jet.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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Over 17 nights, travelers are whisked by private jet across seven exquisite destinations to stay in the world’s most esteemed independent hotels and resorts.—
Robb Report Studio,
Robb Report,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The aircraft was listed as a Socata TBM-700, a single-engine turboprop.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
13 Oct. 2025
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Bye Aerospace eFlyer 800 Designed for a twin-turboprop performance and zero emissions, the Bye Aerospace eFlyer 800 is an eight-seat aircraft featuring a cruise speed of 593 km/h (368 mph).—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Oct. 2025
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The company is also promoting a glide variant of its Spear missile, replacing the turbojet with a kinetic penetrator for a lower-cost option.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Sep. 2025
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Unlike most subsequent commercial aircraft, the plane had its engines, four de Havilland Ghost turbojets, molded elegantly into the wing itself rather than in pods attached below it.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
5 Aug. 2025
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Two notable episodes include the Trump Organization striking a deal in April to develop a golf resort in Qatar, the first such foreign deal since Trump took office a second time in January, and Trump's acceptance of a luxury jetliner gifted by Qatar in May.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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So, the pilots need to be proficient at air-to-air refueling, a difficult task with a plane the size of a commercial jetliner like the E-3.—
Frederik Pleitgen,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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Following demonstrations over living conditions in which army members joined protests, Rajoelina was evacuated from the country aboard a French Army CASA aircraft, after a deal was struck with French President Emmanuel Macron, Reuters reported, citing French media.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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In all, 43 aircraft will be reconfigured, with the first expected to enter service this month and the rest expected to be completed early next year, according to the airline, which adds that that's less than a third of its narrowbody fleet and includes former Swoop, Lynx and Sunwing planes.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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However, a direct trip to Mars would require vast amounts of fuel, so SpaceX plans to use in-orbit refueling, where multiple tanker Starships transfer propellant to a main vehicle before departure.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Oct. 2025
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Recently, Finnish special forces seized a Russian shadow tanker and investigated whether it had been involved in cutting undersea cables.—
James Stavridis,
Twin Cities,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Running a day late, Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo freighter pulled alongside the International Space Station on Thursday, delivering more than 5 tons of supplies and experiments to the lab's seven-person crew.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
18 Sep. 2025
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The Cygnus team overcame that problem, however, and got the freighter on track for a one-day-late rendezvous.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Mikel Arteta is taking his supersonic.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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The cruise missiles and supersonics leap forward as the swarms line up behind.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
7 Aug. 2024
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“Trijet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trijet. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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