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
Noun
  • The company flew its SpaceShipTwo rocket plane to the edge of space six times in six months, giving a few Virgin Galactic customers a taste of spaceflight after waiting more than a decade.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 1 Mar. 2024
  • 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
Definition of rocket plane
Noun
  • That means a whole new generation of supersonic transports that will not only cater to the privileged few but the public at large.
    Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • 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
Definition of supersonic transport
Noun
  • For comparison, that is around 300 times faster than the top speed of a Lockheed Martin jet fighter here on Earth.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 Dec. 2024
  • For example, in October 2018, during an Israeli airstrike in western Syria, an antiquated Syrian S-200 missile launched against the incoming Israeli jets hit a nearby Russian military transport killing all 14 Russian military personnel on board.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of jet
Noun
  • Those advantages also have a downside: ramjets are entirely ineffective at low speeds and are often accompanied by turbojets to handle subsonic flight, where the airspeed isn't enough to feed air-hungry ramjet engines.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Dec. 2024
  • 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
Definition of turbojet
Noun
  • Previously, the small runway could only handle helicopters and small turboprop planes from Reykjavik and other settlements in Greenland.
    David Nikel, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • The Special Olympics Airlift was the idea of a former CEO of Textron Aviation, which makes Citation business jets and Beechcraft turboprops, to transport athletes from all over the U.S. to the games.
    Julie Boatman, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 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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