turboprop

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Recent Examples of turboprop Since then, search crews have been looking for a sign of the turboprop Cessna Caravan operated by Bering Air. Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025 The crash of that turboprop plane prompted federal regulations requiring more rest and training for pilots. Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025 In the late ’50s, this aviation company grew up with Grumman Aircraft Engineering Co. following its first twin turboprop production. Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 27 Jan. 2025 The single-engine turboprop plane was flying that afternoon from the community of Unalakleet to Nome, a trip of about 150 miles, when authorities lost contact less than an hour after takeoff, David Olson, director of operations for Bering Air, said at the time. CBS News, 20 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for turboprop
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Noun
  • Photos and videos circulating online from the crash scene show large fire near a lawn with plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky while firefighters sprayed water on what was left of the jet.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 22 July 2025
  • Today, our products power everything from the most advanced fighter aircraft, such as the F135 engine for the F-35, to the GTF engine for the most fuel-efficient narrowbody commercial jets.
    Shane Eddy, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • The sides fell from the packing crate, and the Roadrunner, a squat device that looked a little like a penguin, was propelled upward by two turbojets.
    Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
  • Key Polish exports to the U.S. include machinery and mechanical equipment, notably turbojet and turboprop engines.
    Lidia Kurasinska, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Military aircraft often fly without broadcasting their location using a system known as ADS-B out, which can alert other aircraft in the area of their presence.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 21 July 2025
  • Specific aircraft have their own special interiors to distinguish them from the rest of the fleet.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • On January 29, a commercial jetliner and an Army helicopter collided in Washington, D.C., killing 67 people.
    Theo Burman John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
  • The United States has officially accepted a Boeing 747-8 luxury jetliner as a gift from the Qatari government, and the Air Force has been tasked with upgrading it to be used as a new plane for President Trump, according to an Air Force spokesperson.
    Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • Launched on Thursday, the space freighter is scheduled to dock to the Poisk module on Saturday (July 5).
    Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 4 July 2025
  • The Bristol Bay, a U.S. Coast Guard cutter from Detroit, is attempting to free the freighter, on which 17 people were traveling.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The cruise missiles and supersonics leap forward as the swarms line up behind.
    David Szondy, New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2024
  • 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
Noun
  • Air tankers dropped nearly 180,000 gallons of fire retardant on July 13 alone.
    Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 14 July 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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“Turboprop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turboprop. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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