my uncle learned how to fly an airplane while serving in the air force
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Made from a quick-drying, breathable nylon fabric, these pants wick away sweat on a stuffy airplane or long hike.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
8 July 2026 Building a paper airplane can be as demanding as building the airframe of a real aircraft.—New Atlas,
3 July 2026 In an airplane-dependent America, that meant two long Lyft rides, a coach bus, and a multiday train ride for his move.—
Jordan Salama,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 July 2026 In the late summer of 2024, a bird strikes a Cessna in midflight; the airplane plunges into a deep Wyoming lake.—
Hamilton Cain,
Time,
7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for airplane
: a fixed-wing heavier-than-air aircraft that is driven by a propeller or by a forceful stream of gases backward and is supported by the reaction of the air against its wings
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