airplane

Example Sentences

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After the report was released, the US aviation regulator said that fuel control switches in Boeing airplanes were safe.

From BBC

The president is effusive the first time that he greets his wife on an airplane tarmac alongside the film crew.

From Los Angeles Times

Half-heartedly, I try holding a few other items that belonged to Dad as a kid: a baseball glove, a model airplane, a postcard from my mom.

From Literature

He pitched the nose of the airplane down, pushing past the red “never exceed” line on the air speed indicator of his Cessna 182.

From Literature

The agency’s rules touch virtually every facet of transportation safety, including regulations that keep airplanes in the sky, prevent gas pipelines from exploding and stop freight trains carrying toxic chemicals from skidding off the rails.

From Salon