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aeroplane

[air-uh-pleyn] / ˈɛər əˌpleɪn /


NOUN
flying machine
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He said: "I'll never forget going out of that aeroplane and falling through the air, but it was all over so quickly."

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

Multiple land and ground water assessments from the time make reference to the fire training area - where firefighters would practice putting out an aeroplane set on fire above a "pond" of fuel.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

Multiple land and ground water assessments from the time make reference to the fire training area - where firefighters would practice putting out an aeroplane set on fire above a 'pond' of fuel.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

New Delhi city authorities, working with the government's Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, launched a test run on Thursday afternoon using a Cessna light aeroplane over the city's northern Burari area.

From Barron's Oct. 24, 2025

As the Wrights wrote Father, banking had always been a problem for earlier aeronauts who had tried to do that simply by shifting their weight around inside the aeroplane.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep




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