airplane
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“It travels by truck, airplane and cargo ship into nearly every store in America.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Newly declassified documents show that three years before 9/11, US intelligence officials were discussing the possibility that al-Qaeda "may fly an explosive airplane into a US city".
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
On the morning of Sept. 11, he saw the second airplane hit the South Tower.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
GKN Aerospace, based in the United Kingdom, is a major international manufacturer of airplane parts, with plants in 12 countries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
One day on an airplane, he confided to me that he thought of all our fellow passengers as potential patients.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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
Jobs for engineers and technicians building rockets, airplanes and weapons have drawn families from afar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
A Boeing spokesperson said that the company has been working with aircraft operators over the past six years after identifying the issue on 737 New Generation airplanes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
I don't know how airplanes stay up in the air and fly.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
