flying machine
Example Sentences
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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
Last year, that slot was occupied by the lean, mean flying machine “Plane,” starring Gerard Butler.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2024
Even Orville and Wilbur Wright flipped a coin to see who got the lone seat on their flying machine.
From Washington Times • Oct. 19, 2023
The flying machine was on hydraulics with a CGI screen running so we had movement without the danger.
From Salon • May 10, 2023
At nearly 800 feet long and 110 feet high, it was the largest flying machine ever crafted.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
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