airliner

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Boeing hasn’t built KC-135s since the 1960s, so the Air Force will most likely replace the lost plane with a KC-46 Pegasus, a tanker that is based on a modified 767 airliner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

“Superpower accelerates AI data center development by providing gigawatts of new capacity and advances the development and certification of the Overture supersonic airliner by providing engine reliability data,” the statement added.

From Barron's • Dec. 11, 2025

The trial of a Libyan man accused of making the bomb that destroyed an American airliner over Lockerbie could be delayed until spring next year.

From BBC • May 31, 2025

The next-generation airliner was billions of dollars over budget and three years late.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2025

Instead of having to wait until there was an airliner going our way, we could set our own schedules by flying our own planes, and save a lot of time.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins