airplane

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During World War II, the DuPont company turned its scientific and manufacturing capacity to national service, producing munitions, nylon parachutes, Lucite airplane turrets, and many other products for the war effort.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 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

Firefighters responded to a solo crash of a Cessna airplane just after 9 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

After trying college for a year, she earned money for her own airplane by playing softball.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson