aeroplane

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Rich countries now have to confront what to do about all this, often still in possession of rules and conventions that pre-date the era of the jet aeroplane and mass international travel.

From BBC

It meant she could finally enjoy her 60th birthday present - a flight in a Tiger Moth aeroplane, having been over the maximum weight limit before.

From BBC

Using an expletive, the air traffic controller attempted to stop the Delta aeroplane as it was preparing to take wing.

From BBC

"We have our ground hardware, we have an entire aeroplane, and a rocket, and so we have people that specialise in each area here in the control room."

From BBC

He took the long view: “Both accidents merely demonstrate the unreliability of the present-day aeroplane. But give the aviators and inventors time to perfect their machines and a different tale will be told.”

From Washington Post