airplane
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airplane: 1 weather radar, 2 cockpit, 3 jet engine, 4 engine pod, 5 pylon, 6 wing, 7 vertical stabilizer, 8 rudder, 9, 10 tabs, 11 elevator, 12 horizontal stabilizer, 13 inboard flap, 14 inboard spoiler, 15, 16 tabs, 17 aileron, 18 outboard flap, 19 outboard spoiler, 20 sound suppressor, 21 thrust reverser, 22 cabin air intake, 23 fuselage, 24 nose landing gear
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One thing that Hensley has tried to make clear in her responses is that the U.S. Department of Transportation mandates that miniature horses are allowed to accompany those with disabilities in the cabin of an airplane. — Hannah Chubb, PEOPLE.com, "Miniature Service Horse Travels With Her Owner on American Airlines Flight from Chicago," 3 Sep. 2019 Thereās no substitute for flying an airplane into a storm and taking direct measurements. — Katherine Ellen Foley, Quartz, "How to read the maps that predict hurricane paths," 30 Aug. 2019 In one cartoon, a man holding an integrin with the wrong shape is about to jump out of an airplane. — Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, "Executive draws on his career experience (literally, for cartoons)," 28 Aug. 2019 The latest of these is The Passengers from John Marrs, a British author specializing in technothrillers best enjoyed on a beach or in an airplane. — Alex Davies, WIRED, "A Novelist Takes Self-Driving to Its Illogical Conclusion," 27 Aug. 2019 This weekend, officers tracked the participants on Marine Drive and Northeast Airport Way using an airplane and on-the-ground officers. — oregonlive.com, "5 arrested in weekend sting targeting Portlandās illegal street racing scene," 12 Aug. 2019 Sure, there have always been those who believe the moon landing was faked, or that an airplane didnāt hit the Pentagon. — Alan Murray, Fortune, "The Rise of the āDeep Fakesā: CEO Daily," 24 July 2019 If an airplane can carry more than 100 people, the flight is required to have one more flight attendant for every additional 50 passengers. — Aditi Shrikant, Vox, "Why airlines make you check your carry-on bags," 20 Dec. 2018 The process is similar to tracking a moving airplane using radar, Richards notes. — Maya Wei-haas, National Geographic, "Earth's inner core is doing something weird," 19 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'airplane.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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