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Recent Examples of turbojet
It was powered by two small turbojet engines and its top speed was only around 200 miles per hour, in the interest of safety.
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Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 27 Jan. 2023
The missile borrows its booster from the S-125 anti-air missile and uses an MS-400 turbojet for cruising.
—David Axe, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
Calio was appointed chief operating officer, a new position that will oversee Pratt & Whitney’s businesses that include commercial and military engines, airborne auxiliary power units and turbojet propulsion systems.
—Stephen Singer, courant.com, 14 Feb. 2022
In a turbojet, the air enters from the front and is first compressed (to increase its energy potential) by rotating blades, then mixed with fuel and ignited.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 16 Oct. 2021
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Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 27 Jan. 2023
The missile borrows its booster from the S-125 anti-air missile and uses an MS-400 turbojet for cruising.
—David Axe, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
Calio was appointed chief operating officer, a new position that will oversee Pratt & Whitney’s businesses that include commercial and military engines, airborne auxiliary power units and turbojet propulsion systems.
—Stephen Singer, courant.com, 14 Feb. 2022
In a turbojet, the air enters from the front and is first compressed (to increase its energy potential) by rotating blades, then mixed with fuel and ignited.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 16 Oct. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turbojet
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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
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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
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Israel has bombarded Yemen several times in response — sending its jets more than 1,000 miles to do so — but has struggled to decisively subdue the Houthis.Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Rowland added to her beauty archive, attending the Paramount Golden Globe Nominee Celebration in a classic, jet black iteration of her go-to style.India Espy-Jones, Essence, 10 Jan. 2025
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The cruise missiles and supersonics leap forward as the swarms line up behind.David Szondy, New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2024
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The Low Boom Flight Demonstrator Project hopes to revive commercial supersonic by reducing a jet’s sonic boom.Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 Mar. 2020
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More than 20 aircraft took part in the operation, which required in-flight refueling, and dropped about 50 munitions, said an military official, who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity in accordance with military protocol.Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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As for its power source, the aircraft gets its juice from a fuel cell, which produces electricity by combining hydrogen and oxygen, leaving only water as a byproduct.Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2025
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The tally widened the delivery gap with Boeing’s chief rival, Airbus, which gave 766 jetliners to customers last year, the most since 2019, though both companies are facing supply chain strains that have slowed production and fulfillment of their otherwise robust backlogs.Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
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Boeing demanded in 2013 that machinists drop their pension plan as part of an agreement to build a new model of the 777 jetliner in Washington state.David Koenig, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
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The drone is the ostensible replacement for the Mavic 3 Enterprise and features a similar backpack-friendly foldable airframe.Jim Fisher, PCMAG, 8 Jan. 2025
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The great warplane evacuation may have saved valuable airframes from destruction in the recent drone bombardment.David Axe, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Nic Lynn, Neptune Aviation’s vice president of operations, said three of the company's air tankers are in use in Southern California.Terry Dickerson, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
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The shadow fleet is made up of hundreds of aging tankers of uncertain ownership and safety practices that are dodging sanctions and keeping the oil revenue flowing to Moscow, and is a cause of concern for European countries.Lorne Cook and Vanessa Gera, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
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The Air Force is in the process of acquiring a new tanker, the Boeing KC-46 Pegasus, which will be more efficient and have more advanced avionics than the KC-10, but the trijet Extender will still have the Pegasus beat on fuel capacity by about 70 tons.Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2022
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Question: Are trijet aircraft less safe than twin-engine or four-engine aircraft? – Andrew, Scottsdale, Arizona Answer:No.John Cox, USA TODAY, 17 June 2018
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“Turbojet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turbojet. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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