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
I’ve found that when I get on an airplane I’m getting noticed a little bit more now.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
More prosperity: Active noise cancellation has gotten good enough to muffle airplane noise and it’s almost there for human voices in offices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
The second airplane ride was quieter than the first, but Danny’s nerves felt like the time Freddy and Teddy cracked the TV in half and all the cables inside sparked and frayed.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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Helicopters are significantly more likely to be damaged by bird strikes than airplanes, and are also more likely to lead to injuries to crew or passengers, according to evidence previously cited by the NTSB.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
Since the founding of the United States, we have built airplanes, refrigerators and Costco.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 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
The huge, slow-moving dirigibles were later replaced by more reliable long-range airplanes, such as the German Gotha bombers that carried out daylight raids on London.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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