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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.
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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
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
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Their modest aircraft, a wooden biplane made of spruce and ash covered by cotton muslin, was open to the outside air.—
Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Aug. 2025
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Biplane Transfer with Optional Commentary by Director Christopher McQuarrie and Tom Cruise—Tom Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie discuss the challenges of filming the highly technical and extremely dangerous biplane transfer stunt at high altitudes.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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
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Exhibits include fi rearms, artillery pieces, uniforms, armored vehicles, and even a Fokker triplane.—
Smithsonian,
Smithsonian,
26 May 2017
Noun
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Topline Uber will offer helicopter and seaplane rides on its app next year, the company said, partnering with Joby Aviation—a month after the vertical aviation company purchased air taxi service Blade for $125 million.—
Zachary Folk,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The flight restrictions will also impact the adjacent Lake Hood Seaplane Base, the world's busiest seaplane base.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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For the nursery Create a soothing and safe environment for your little one with essential gear like comfortable gliders, portable playpens and bedside sleepers.—
Nora Colomer,
FOXNews.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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That may not seem like a lot of performance for not much power, but the HB-SXA is essentially a powered glider designed to take advantage of thermals and other updrafts to gain and maintain altitude.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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Found nowhere else on the planet, this tiny amphibian is known for its unique method of parenting, with male Darwin’s frogs gestating their young in the vocal sac below their mouth.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Other fossils previously found in the Chorrillo Formation indicate that K. atrox lived in a diverse habitat, home to dinosaurs, other reptiles, amphibians and even a Cretaceous ancestor of the modern platypus.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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His father, a hard-working Russian immigrant and patriotic US bomber pilot, taught him to respect authority.—
Martine Paris,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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The test in Norway marked at least the third time the QUICKSINK weapon has been tested with the B-2 bomber, which dropped a 2,000-pound variant during a naval war game in Hawaii in July 2024 and used a 500-pound variant for a test in Florida.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Photos released by the Navy show that the Iwo Jima—the flagship of the amphibious ready group—is equipped with AV-8B attack aircraft, MV-22B tilt-rotor transport aircraft, and AH-1Z attack helicopters, as well as landing craft air cushions for amphibious operations.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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With a full-length flight deck capable of supporting helicopters and tilt-rotor aircraft, the ship functions much like a small aircraft carrier.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Trimotor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trimotor. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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