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flying machine

NOUN
early aircraft
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A controller powerful enough to do that would normally demand too much computation to operate in real time, especially because the aerodynamics of such a lightweight flying machine are highly complex.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Yet in some ways, Pivotal’s technology is even more audacious, in that it puts a human pilot—potentially a squirmy, Earth-hugging rookie like me—squarely into the control loop of a flying machine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

Gannon-Doak is Scotland's flying machine, the man-child who was supposed to scare the wits out of the Greeks with his speed and his daring, and electrify Hampden with his personality.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025

In the Ethiopian Air crash, this angle of attack reading jumped from about 12° to 74.5° in less than a second, which would clearly be physically impossible for a flying machine weighing over 100,000 pounds.

From Salon ● Jan. 26, 2024

Roz found the flying machine upside down, with its landing gear poking above the rows of leafy plants.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown




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