airplane
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"The pilots remain in control of the airplane," Bedford said of the new software defect.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
The Federal Aviation Administration told airplane passengers to check its website for travel updates, telling AFP there is "always a chance for restrictions depending on the weather."
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026
In December 2024, when Xi arrived in Macau for the 25th anniversary of the territory’s return to Chinese rule, footage showed him clutching Peng’s hand on the airplane steps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
By contrast, no trans-Atlantic passenger service via airplane was available until 1939.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
It was the first time he’d been in an airplane.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
The kinds of actuators currently made at scale in the U.S. are designed for airplanes or cars, experts say.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
One day, equity markets are drunk on the prospect that artificial intelligence will cure cancer, improve on Shakespeare and make airplanes take off on time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Soybean oil becomes biodiesel and aviation fuel, powering school buses and commercial airplanes.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Congress has sometimes taken decades to enact rules for other revolutionary technologies, from electricity to airplanes.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
Just two years prior, with the storm clouds gathering, President Roosevelt challenged the nation to ramp up its production of airplanes to fifty thousand per year.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
