flying machine

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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

And reams on new Australian athletics sprint sensation, the 17-year-old flying machine, Gout Gout.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 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 group picked up their pace and arrived in the Square to find that a crowd had already gathered, the people gawking up at the flying machine as if it were a mythical beast.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner