airplane
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Ohio has offered a piece of fabric from the wings of the airplane built by Wilbur and Orville Wright, the pioneers who made aviation history in 1903 with the first powered, sustained flight.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
“I think we were getting off the airplane in France and the president said, ‘I want him to do what’s best.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
That alternate route can take about two weeks to cross the Atlantic, while a standard container ship would take about nine days, and an airplane would only take eight hours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
“If you take care of an airplane, you can fly them forever,” said Ross Aimer, a retired United Airlines pilot and chief executive of Aero Consulting Experts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
But he refused to travel by airplane or accept packages COD, lived in fear of unexpected visitors, and had not been abroad in eight or nine years.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
"Our focus is on delivering two exceptional Air Force One airplanes for the country."
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Carmakers produced airplanes, and food canners made ammunition boxes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
People celebrated on roofs, on fire escapes, at watch parties in parks and bars, at Radio City Music Hall, atop buses, on the balconies of Times Square hotels, on airplanes and in subway cars.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026
“Some of these airplanes are literally twice the age of the pilots who fly them,” said Ross Aimer, a retired United Airlines pilot and CEO of Aero Consulting Experts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
Although she was a former softball player who had wrestled the controls in airplanes in the worst weather conditions, she could not pull her body weight up to the chin-up bar.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
