turboprops

noun

plural of turboprop
as in jets

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  1. jets
  2. aircraft
  3. tankers
Noun
  • An engine fan blade could cost $50,000 or even more than $100,000 for bigger jets, Goodson said.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The site also manufactures engines for helicopters, business jets and general aviation aircraft — specifically those from the PT6, PW200, PW500/600 and PW800 families.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of jets
Noun
  • Air Force investigators noted that no other aircraft were expected in the area but acknowledged that the radar contact may have disappeared because of the bomber's change in direction.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • But trying to do both, operate as a car and an aircraft, faces many basic engineering problems, said Roger Connor, curator of the vertical flight collection at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of aircraft
Noun
  • There has been very limited demand to book tankers to load oil from ports in the Persian Gulf, a step that would need to happen for shipments from the export installations to happen, shipbrokers and tanker owners said Friday.
    — Alex Longley, Fortune, 20 June 2026
Definition of tankers
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