trimotor

Definition of trimotornext

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Recent Examples of trimotor 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trimotor
Noun
  • Scaling up from a small model to a full-sized quadrotor biplane is much riskier, so the team is building an exact digital replica first.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The image shows him in aviator’s garb with a biplane flying overhead.
    Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Design, safety, and range Matrix uses a lift-and-cruise compound wing design with a triplane layout and a six-arm structure.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Feb. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Miami plans to relocate City Hall from the iconic 1931 Pan American Airways seaplane terminal in Coconut Grove to a new building at Miami Freedom Park near Miami International Airport.
    Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Children can be seen monkeying around the billiards table, and the surrounding area offers plenty of activities to suit the whole gang—from hiking and boat tours to hair-raising seaplane adventures.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The project began as a simple sound-and-light upgrade last August but became a massive historic preservation effort after workers discovered 1950s-era murals depicting the history of flight, from Leonardo Da Vinci’s Renaissance glider to Clipper planes flown by Pan Am.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The frame, featuring foot rests in lieu of pedals, sits closer to the ground for easier mounting, and the battery has been repositioned to give the glider a lower, more stable center of gravity.
    Sasha Richie, Dallas Morning News, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Chan studies amphibians and reptiles and noted that there are more than 9,000 amphibian species worldwide, with roughly 100 to 200 new species added each year.
    Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2026
  • When 250-million-year-old fossil remains were first described in 1972, they were thought to belong to a single species of marine amphibian, Erythrobatrachus noonkanbahensis.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Over the course of a week, multiple waves of sophisticated drones penetrated the airspace over Barksdale Air Force Base near Shreveport — a critical hub of America’s nuclear bomber fleet and the headquarters of Air Force Global Strike Command.
    Editorial Board, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2026
  • By late 1944, one bomber was coming off the assembly line every hour.
    Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The Navy ships also bring CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft that can perform vertical takeoffs and landings along with helicopters.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Boxer also has heavy-lift and attack helicopters, as well as MV-22B Osprey, fast, long-range tilt-rotor aircraft used to transport troops and equipment, and to evacuate the wounded.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026

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“Trimotor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trimotor. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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