trijet

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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 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
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Noun
  • Set the scene Hamilton Island is undoubtedly the most glamorous in the archipelago, thanks to its high-end clientele who dock their yachts at the marina or land their jets at the Whitsundays’ only island airport.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • One of six children, the then 16-year-old loved the annual trip to the Massachusetts island, a paradise full of sparkling water, jet-skis, and endless sun.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • Its recorded output of 1,000 hp is also impressive, as that is roughly equivalent to a small turboprop aircraft engine.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 12 Apr. 2026
  • HansJet’s fleet of single-engine turboprop PC-12 aircraft trades flash for access.
    Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Incorporating a turbojet complicates the drone’s design and introduces supply chain vulnerabilities.
    Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 7 Mar. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • As expected, the ship—wider than and nearly as long a Boeing 777 jetliner—tipped over and exploded in a fireball, putting an exclamation point on V3’s trip halfway around the world from the Texas Gulf Coast.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 23 May 2026
  • No pattern enacted on these buttons will safely land a four-hundred-ton jetliner, flaring and bouncing and settling heavily onto its twenty-two wheels while the spoilers on the wings snap up and the jets scream in reverse and the passengers sigh in relief.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 May 2026
Noun
  • Meanwhile, the breakaway republic of Somaliland on the Horn of Africa provided Israel with an additional military position, one of the sources said, allowing Israeli aircraft a point to potentially stop on long-range flights to Iran.
    Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 5 June 2026
  • Local, state and federal first responders worked on containing the blaze, assisted by water delivery aircraft.
    Paula Wethington, CBS News, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • The crude oil tanker Idemitsu Maru sails through Ise Bay near Chita City in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, May 25, 2026, after becoming the first crude tanker bound for Japan to transit the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran war.
    Mark Osborne, CBS News, 28 May 2026
  • The tanker went off the right shoulder of the highway and rolled onto its side, state patrol officials said.
    Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
Noun
  • The lane with the strongest demand growth, Europe-Asia, also generated the largest incremental freighter contribution, adding more than 409 million CTKs as industrial trade flows between both regions remained resilient.
    Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 28 May 2026
  • However, Boeing has sold only 49 jets to China since 2018, mostly freighter aircraft.
    Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • Mikel Arteta is taking his supersonic.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • 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 5 Jun. 2026.

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