airplane

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At that point, about seven months pregnant, Means said she had only a few weeks before her doctor advised her not to fly in an airplane.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

The airplane rewrote the rules of global commerce.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Profit margins in the commercial airplane and defense business improved year over year.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

He adds it is a "straightforward solution and it was quite right that EasyJet's dispatcher and captain would not take-off until the airplane was within limits".

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

On the long flight back to Washington, D.C., he stood in the back of his windowless military airplane, arguing about the situation with Bob Komer, one of President Johnson’s aides on Vietnam.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin