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Recent Examples of turbojet
Measuring about 5½ feet long and equipped with twin turbojets manufactured in-house by the company, the Roadrunner can be kitted out with a variety of payloads.
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Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
For any plane hoping to dethrone the Blackbird, its engine needs to somehow seamlessly transition between turbojet, ramjet, and back to turbojet—and Hermeus has already pulled off that delicate piece of aviation engineering.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 25 Jan. 2023
It was powered by two small turbojet engines and its top speed was only around 200 miles per hour, in the interest of safety.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 27 Jan. 2023
The missile borrows its booster from the S-125 anti-air missile and uses an MS-400 turbojet for cruising.
—David Axe, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
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Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
For any plane hoping to dethrone the Blackbird, its engine needs to somehow seamlessly transition between turbojet, ramjet, and back to turbojet—and Hermeus has already pulled off that delicate piece of aviation engineering.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 25 Jan. 2023
It was powered by two small turbojet engines and its top speed was only around 200 miles per hour, in the interest of safety.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 27 Jan. 2023
The missile borrows its booster from the S-125 anti-air missile and uses an MS-400 turbojet for cruising.
—David Axe, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turbojet
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Just a 20-minute turboprop plane ride from Providenciales in Turks and Caicos, Ambergris Cay offers one- and two-bedroom beachfront bungalows that are perfect for honeymooners, small families, or solo travelers.—
Maria Diego,
Travel + Leisure,
8 July 2025
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Trump administration unveils a plan to modernize the air traffic control system The mandate came into effect in 2013 following the crash of a Colgan Air turboprop plane four years earlier near Buffalo, N.Y., which killed 50 people.—
Joe Hernandez,
NPR,
11 June 2025
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The jets also targeted the Galaxy Leader, a commercial vessel the Houthis hijacked back in November 2023.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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Horner said 'Thanks for the offer' and Elkann rang his pilots and told them to spool up the jets.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 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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The Low Boom Flight Demonstrator Project hopes to revive commercial supersonic by reducing a jet’s sonic boom.—
Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
16 Mar. 2020
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According to the report, electrical power line installers make over $85,000 a year, and aircraft mechanics technicians have an average annual salary of $76,260.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
9 July 2025
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Not only are there new flights, but American is also adding a new aircraft: the Boeing 787-9.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 July 2025
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The jetliner heading to Nairobi lost control shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport and nose-dived into a barren patch of land.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
13 July 2025
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The Justice Department has reached a deal with Boeing that will allow the airplane giant to avoid criminal prosecution for allegedly misleading U.S. regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed and killed 346 people, according to court papers filed Friday.—
Alanna Durkin Richer,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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This can be so severe that the US Civil Air Administration once built a chicken gun that used compressed air to fire bird carcasses at airframes to simulate avian impacts.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 July 2025
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Through the use of a long, narrow airframe and canards, the X-59 is able to reduce the noise that reaches the ground from sonic booms generated as the aircraft crosses the speed of sound.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
20 May 2025
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Air tankers dropped nearly 180,000 gallons of fire retardant on July 13 alone.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
14 July 2025
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Two single-engine air tankers based in Mesquite delivered fire retardant to assist with initial suppression efforts before dark, according to the report.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
11 July 2025
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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
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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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“Turbojet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turbojet. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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