airplane
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The latest model, the Geran-5, looks more like a missile than a Shahed, which resembles a miniature delta-wing airplane.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
As the airplane began to sink, Tiffany, 68, and Boltz swam to shallow water.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 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
Heading into training camp, Jim Harbaugh made the analogy of the Chargers ramping up like an airplane.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
The airplane is probably the most exciting technological development of the early twentieth century.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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
The other is a powerful exposé on the safety breaches that have caused deadly crashes and accidents on Boeing airplanes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The FAA directive, which was published Thursday and will take effect on Sept. 10, will apply to certain Boeing 737-8, 737-9, and 737-8200 model airplanes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
While Dad lived, Mother was afraid of fast driving, of airplanes, of walking alone at night.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
