canopy

Example Sentences

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When the F-15E came under fire on Friday, the aircrew pulled their ejection handle, which blew the canopy, blasted the seats out of the cockpit and deployed their parachutes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

According to the researchers, these tiny plastic particles first land on the leaves in the upper canopy.

From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026

The Cirrus SR 20 is known to deploy a parachute system and images circulating online after the crash appeared to show a yellow parachute canopy caught in a pylon nearby.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

This created millions of years of evolutionary pressure for hands that manipulate and brains that learn—the tool kit for life in the canopy.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026

Aleksandr let himself out of the hatch in the gunner’s rear cabin, but when Nina tried to open the canopy over the pilot and navigator’s cockpit, the release catch broke off.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein