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Recent Examples of rocket plane
Stratolaunch tests reusable hypersonic rocket plane.
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ArsTechnica, 9 May 2025
Ambitious short film chronicles daring flight of X-15 rocket plane test pilot (video)
Going to SXSW 2025?
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 8 Mar. 2025
These lower operating expenses are tied to Virgin Galactic's decision to suspend operations of its VSS Unity suborbital rocket plane last year to focus investment into a new series of suborbital spacecraft known as Delta-class ships.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2025
Even after digital computers arrived, analog computers remained popular into the 1970s, especially for simulations (they were used to drive flight simulators for the X-15 [pdf] rocket plane and early spacecraft).
—Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Mar. 2015
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ArsTechnica, 9 May 2025
Ambitious short film chronicles daring flight of X-15 rocket plane test pilot (video)
Going to SXSW 2025?
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 8 Mar. 2025
These lower operating expenses are tied to Virgin Galactic's decision to suspend operations of its VSS Unity suborbital rocket plane last year to focus investment into a new series of suborbital spacecraft known as Delta-class ships.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2025
Even after digital computers arrived, analog computers remained popular into the 1970s, especially for simulations (they were used to drive flight simulators for the X-15 [pdf] rocket plane and early spacecraft).
—Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Mar. 2015
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rocket plane
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In the 1960s, the federal government also poured resources into developing a supersonic transport plane.—
Made by History,
Time,
1 Apr. 2025
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Although supersonic passenger aircraft found a niche from the 1970s through the early 2000s with the Concorde, commercial supersonic transport is no longer available for the mainstream consumer marketplace today.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
9 Feb. 2025
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On Sunday, Cuba warned airlines that jet fuel would not be available from February 10 to March 11.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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On Monday, Cuban aviation authorities notified international airlines that the country is running out of jet fuel and that refuelling services for airlines will be suspended for a month, according to data from the Federal Aviation Administration.—
Philip Wang,
Time,
9 Feb. 2026
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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
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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
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Ukrainian officials report that it is powered by a JT80 turbojet from the Chinese company Telefly, offering greater thrust than the engine used in the Geran‑3.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Jan. 2026
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When the aircraft goes supersonic, the engine functions like a turbojet, with combustion going active to produce high-velocity thrust.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
14 Dec. 2025
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“Rocket plane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rocket%20plane. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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