airplane
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“Next thing I know is I’m looking down at my airplane and it’s getting smaller and smaller and smaller and smaller, and I’m just shooting up into the sky,” said Bath.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
And even then loud environmental vibrations such as a low-flying airplane or a heavy truck passing are no more than faintly perceived.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
As the airplane began to sink, Tiffany, 68, and Boltz swam to shallow water.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
While the 9/11 Commission's 2004 report noted US intelligence believed al-Qaeda was considering using an airplane in the attack, it was never clear that the warning reached then-President Bill Clinton.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Now he had to figure out a way to get the pilot home—with no way of knowing precisely where the airplane was.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Soybean oil becomes biodiesel and aviation fuel, powering school buses and commercial airplanes.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
He could also recite statistics on the percentage of Iran’s missiles, ships, airplanes, etc., we’ve destroyed in the six-month war.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
The other is a powerful exposé on the safety breaches that have caused deadly crashes and accidents on Boeing airplanes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The FAA directive, which was published Thursday and will take effect on Sept. 10, will apply to certain Boeing 737-8, 737-9, and 737-8200 model airplanes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 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
