turboprop

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Recent Examples of turboprop Besides Bombardier, other major aircraft manufacturers in Canada include De Havilland Aircraft of Canada, which makes turboprop planes and aircraft designed for maritime patrols and reconnaissance, and European aerospace giant Airbus. CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026 Teams also found additional wreckage, including parts of the aircraft frame and passenger seats, and visually identified what is believed to be the engine of the turboprop ATR 42-500 that crashed Saturday afternoon, Anwar said. Niniek Karmini, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2026 Advanced agility greater than a traditional helicopter Bell Flight has earlier revealed that the aircraft combines the speed and range of the turboprop with advanced agility greater than a traditional helicopter. Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 14 Jan. 2026 On a blustery November day, a Cessna turboprop flew over Pennsylvania at 5,000 meters, in crosswinds of up to 70 knots—nearly as fast as the little plane was flying. Andrew Moseman, IEEE Spectrum, 12 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for turboprop
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Noun
  • When the jet is streaming rapidly, planetary waves ripple along quickly in the atmosphere, bringing fronts with more frequent changes in the weather, Rutz said.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
  • JetBlue increased the fees as airlines maneuver to cover their rising jet fuel costs, which have soared since the Iran war began.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • When the aircraft goes supersonic, the engine functions like a turbojet, with combustion going active to produce high-velocity thrust.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of more than 900 African-American military pilots and airmen who flew combat aircraft in World War II.
    Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The statement adds that the pilots saw the helicopter, received a traffic alert and leveled the aircraft.
    Sarah Ploss, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • In 2015, Germanwings Flight 9525, an Airbus A320, crashed in the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board; investigators said the jetliner was deliberately downed by the 27-year-old co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 Mar. 2026
  • In 2025, the United States accepted a luxury Boeing 747 jetliner as a gift from Qatar.
    David Shepardson, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The 287-foot freighter was intentionally sunk to create an artificial reef in 1985.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
  • In this screenshot from one of the live cameras aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the new Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL freighter is being jettisoned away from the station.
    Brett Tingley, Space.com, 12 Mar. 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
Noun
  • Ongoing strikes and counterstrikes on Persian Gulf refineries, pipelines, gas fields and tanker terminals threaten to the prolong the global economic pain for months, even years.
    Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
  • With the Strait of Hormuz blocked to most traffic, Saudi Arabia is routing oil exports through its east-west pipeline to the port of Yanbu on the Red Sea, and tanker traffic there has surged.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The aircraft involved is a 20-year-old airframe, registered as N813NW.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The four-engine jets, based on the Boeing 707 commercial airframe carry a flight crew of four, plus 13 to 19 mission specialists, a number that can fluctuate depending on the specific assignment involved, according to the Air Force.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026

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“Turboprop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turboprop. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.

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