twin-engine

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The pilot of the twin-engine, single-seat attack jet was able to fly out of Iranian airspace before ejecting from the aircraft and being rescued, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

The F-15 is a twin-engine, so-called fourth-generation fighter jet built by McDonnell Douglas that was introduced in the 1970s.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

Gatwick Airport is the 14th in the UK with a Jet2 base, and it will house five of the firm's single-aisle, twin-engine aircraft, with a further plane positioned overseas.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025

The plane, a twin-engine Beechcraft King Air 90, had departed from Henderson, Nev., and was en route to Monterey when the pilot suffered a heart attack, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024

Ninety minutes later a twin-engine turbo-prop Beechcraft King Air B200 with no flight markings landed in total darkness on the grass airstrip that was once RAF Aisling.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti