airplane
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The distinguishing features of the Qatari airplane are its size, comfort, and the luxury of its interior furnishings, points Trump has gushed over.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026
Feel how an airplane feels as it hurtles through windy skies at top speed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
"It sounds very loud, like an airplane is going to take off," she told AFP as her three-year-old son played.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
UPS would deliver small packages for wholesalers “by automobile or airplane, to any city or town in the United States, within two days, at rates lower than by any other means of transportation.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
It had a dynamic and strangely hot-headed young Henry wanting to rush out and buy a used single-engine airplane against the advice of his parents.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Here’s what I’m watching this morning: There’s so much breathless coverage of AI that sometimes it’s easy to forget there’s a whole economy out there running on cars, airplanes and the occasional streaming binge.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
Airships—even when filled with nonexplosive helium—couldn’t compete with the speedier airplanes, which would become more economical to build and operate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Soybean oil becomes biodiesel and aviation fuel, powering school buses and commercial airplanes.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Overhead, airplanes screech across a fat blue sky in a hurry to who knows where.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The Wright brothers had made their first flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903, less than eleven years earlier, and by 1914 airplanes were still simple and few.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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