airplane
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Commercial airplane revenue increased 8.1% to $11.75 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Mike is the founder of nonprofit organization Elder Abuse Airforce, which is based out of John Wayne Airport and uses adventurous airplane journeys to raise awareness of financial scams targeting seniors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Sales outpace Wall Street expectations as defense business comes through while commercial airplane sales miss mark.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
A public interest firm willing to carry the case without charge, because no sane person spends airplane money in legal fees to recover an airplane.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
During World War II, Powers's dad paid $2.50 for Francis, then fourteen, to take his first airplane ride, in a single-engine Piper Cub; after landing, Francis told him, "Dad, I left my heart up there."
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
The total company backlog, which rose to a record $715 billion, included over 6,200 commercial airplanes.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
After a "low-rate initial production" at Everett, the "North Line will help enable the 737 MAX program to reach 52 airplanes a month," according to a Boeing handout.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Carmakers produced airplanes, and food canners made ammunition boxes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
People celebrated on roofs, on fire escapes, at watch parties in parks and bars, at Radio City Music Hall, atop buses, on the balconies of Times Square hotels, on airplanes and in subway cars.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026
Apparently these women performed mathematical calculations for the engineers at the Lab, who were trying to build state-of-the-art airplanes to keep our nation safe.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
