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Recent Examples of turboprop
The escalating costs of moving small units of capacity – 15-seat to 50-seat turboprops – have now eliminated any chance of providing flights in thin market routes.
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Michael Boyd, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
The plane, a twin-engine turboprop Mitsubishi MU-2B, crashed near the town of Copake around 12:15 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
—Jack Moore, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2025
The Code of Federal Regulations governs operations under air carriers (large commercial aircraft, including cargo and passenger planes), commuter and on-demand carriers (aircraft with fewer than 10 passenger seats) and general aviation (aircraft including turboprops and miscellaneous jets).
—Loreben Tuquero, Austin American Statesman, 19 Feb. 2025
Are little turboprops actually more dangerous than jets?
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2025
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Michael Boyd, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
The plane, a twin-engine turboprop Mitsubishi MU-2B, crashed near the town of Copake around 12:15 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
—Jack Moore, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2025
The Code of Federal Regulations governs operations under air carriers (large commercial aircraft, including cargo and passenger planes), commuter and on-demand carriers (aircraft with fewer than 10 passenger seats) and general aviation (aircraft including turboprops and miscellaneous jets).
—Loreben Tuquero, Austin American Statesman, 19 Feb. 2025
Are little turboprops actually more dangerous than jets?
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turboprop
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Rare earths and the magnets made from them are used heavily by militaries in weapons like fighter jets, drones and missiles, and are also critical for manufacturing goods such as smartphones and electric vehicles.—
Josh Xiao Bloomberg,
Arkansas Online,
7 Jan. 2026
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Fighter jets bombed strategic targets in Panama City and Colón, while ground forces dismantled the Panamanian Defense Forces.—
Cristina Guevara,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
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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
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The company is also promoting a glide variant of its Spear missile, replacing the turbojet with a kinetic penetrator for a lower-cost option.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Sep. 2025
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Agents reportedly found Wu again, who admitted to taking videos of the B‑2 Spirit aircraft and numerous photographs of the base, including its perimeter fencing, a gate and military equipment.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Cockpit-first design Flywing built the X-Wing Fighter as a VTOL aircraft centered on first-person flight.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
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Boeing will not face a criminal conspiracy charge over two 737 Max jetliner crashes that killed 346 people, after a federal judge in Texas on Thursday granted the government’s request to dismiss the case.—
Jamie Stengle,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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Jennifer Buchanan | Via Reuters Boeing has won regulator approval to ramp up production of its best-selling 737 Max jetliners to 42 a month, a milestone for the manufacturer nearly two years after the Federal Aviation Administration capped its output after a midair near-catastrophe.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
17 Oct. 2025
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The freighter arrived in the United Kingdom at the port of Felixstowe just 20 days later—successfully launching the first-ever Arctic commercial-container route from Asia to Europe.—
Brett Simpson,
The Atlantic,
26 Dec. 2025
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The Edmund Fitzgerald, once a record-setting freighter on the Great Lakes, sank in a November storm in 1975, taking all 29 crew members with her.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
19 Dec. 2025
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Mikel Arteta is taking his supersonic.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 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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Putin is yet to comment on the developments related to the tanker, which the US had previously sanctioned for carrying illicit Iranian oil.—
Kosta Gak,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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Fox News was first to report that SEALs seized the tanker.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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These lightweight screens add to the smooth, streamlined design of the laminar-flow airframe, engineered to minimize drag and improve fuel efficiency.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
12 Oct. 2025
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Depending on mission requirements, the modular airframe can scale from Group 3 systems, weighing 56 and 1,320 pounds, to Group 4 and 5 classes exceeding 1,320 pounds.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Turboprop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turboprop. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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