propeller

The Geran-5 has forced a rewrite of the counterdrone playbook, created for propeller drones, because “it’s essentially a poor-man’s cruise missile,” said Mike Monnik, chief executive of DroneSec, a drone-threat intelligence company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

We’d seen nearly every stage of production — from “grass to glass,” as McAfee called it — when he parked his truck next to the hangar that houses his Cessna 210 Centurion propeller plane.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

Its international airport — which only recently reopened — has the remains of propeller planes carelessly tossed to the side of the runway, their bodies riddled with bullet holes and their wings askew.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026

The aircraft involved in this incident was a Beechcraft B200 Super King Air, a small, twin-engine propeller plane that has been in production since the 1970s.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2025

She rendered goat fat into something like butter, and pulverized antelope meat into hamburgers with a device I think had been rigged from the propeller of a motorboat.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Federal agents have radar, acoustic sensors to detect the distinct noise signature of a drone’s motors and propellers and thermal and optical detection.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

In the footage, two charred propellers and engines can be clearly seen.

From Barron's ● Apr. 5, 2026

Instead, they have propellers, reach speeds of 110 miles per hour and emit high-pitched buzzing sounds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

"It's quite unique because they've got these propellers, so it can go up like a helicopter and then transition into what we call fixed-wing mode and fly like a plane," said Mr Brown.

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026

The propellers moaned, and the Friendship passed through cloud streets, lines of puffy Rift clouds, and began to bounce and sway.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston