aerospace plane

noun

Definition of aerospace planenext
as in rocket plane

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  1. rocket plane
  2. supersonic transport
  3. jet
  4. turbojet
  5. turboprop
  6. torpedo bomber
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  • July 12, 2024 at 6:55 p.m. EDT Listen 7 min Share Comment Save Joe Engle, the last surviving member of the test pilots who skimmed the edge of space on the X-15 rocket plane in the 1960s and who later orbited the Earth on space-shuttle missions, died July 10 at his home in Houston.
    Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
  • Virgin Galactic, the space tourism company that kicked off the SPAC boom, flew its rocket plane to the limit of the atmosphere and back this morning (May 25) for the first time in nearly two years.
    Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 25 May 2023
Definition of rocket plane
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  • While supersonic transport remains on the drawing board, passenger-friendly Project Sunrise may indeed help transcend time and distance.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Lowering the Boom What kept supersonic transport programs like Concorde from reaching full potential forms the basis for a current X program, the X-59.
    Julie Boatman, Robb Report, 10 July 2024
Definition of supersonic transport
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  • The attack in Zhuhai, a city of 2.5 million, took place on the eve of a major air show that is held there every two years and where China debuted a new stealth fighter jet Tuesday.
    Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • During the rapprochement between China and the United States in the 1970s (which followed the split between China and the Soviet Union), North Korea hosted Soviet naval ships in its ports and allowed Soviet fighter jets to enter North Korean airspace.
    Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of jet
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  • Measuring about 5½ feet long and equipped with twin turbojets manufactured in-house by the company, the Roadrunner can be kitted out with a variety of payloads.
    Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
  • For any plane hoping to dethrone the Blackbird, its engine needs to somehow seamlessly transition between turbojet, ramjet, and back to turbojet—and Hermeus has already pulled off that delicate piece of aviation engineering.
    Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 25 Jan. 2023
Definition of turbojet
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  • Harris also used Advanced Aviation, which offers aircraft ranging from eight-seater turboprop jets for trips of up to three hours to 18-seater ultra long-range jets.
    Aubrie Spady, Fox News, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Mexico would chase down a twin-engine turboprop, according to Scramble, an aviation newsletter.
    Penn Bullock, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2024
Definition of turboprop
Noun
  • Before becoming the 41st U.S. President, George H. W. Bush received training on the Avenger TBF/TBM torpedo bomber at NAS Ft. Lauderdale from June 16 to Aug. 16, 1943.
    Lauren Ferrer, Sun Sentinel, 3 July 2024
  • Several hundred aircraft would assemble, including dive bombers, torpedo bombers and fighter planes, such as the P38 Lightnings, F4F Wildcats, F6F Hellcats, F4U Corsairs and P-40 Warhawks.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
Definition of torpedo bomber
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