airplane
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The latest model, the Geran-5, looks more like a missile than a Shahed, which resembles a miniature delta-wing airplane.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Newly declassified documents show that three years before 9/11, US intelligence officials were discussing the possibility that al-Qaeda "may fly an explosive airplane into a US city".
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Heading into training camp, Jim Harbaugh made the analogy of the Chargers ramping up like an airplane.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Boingo Wireless, which made me scream in airplane seat 34F many times.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
“What does building a paper airplane have to do with the study of library science?”
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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
Jobs for engineers and technicians building rockets, airplanes and weapons have drawn families from afar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
A Boeing spokesperson said that the company has been working with aircraft operators over the past six years after identifying the issue on 737 New Generation airplanes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
My mind closed down and I came immediately back to my bed, my room coalescing around me, my desk and chair, my little chest of drawers, the books and model airplanes suddenly so terribly real.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
