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Recent Examples of turboprop
That is up from 2023, one of the safest years for flying in history, with only one fatal crash involving a turboprop plane in which 72 people perished.
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Barbara Peterson, AFAR Media, 17 Jan. 2025
This turboprop aircraft still ranks as one of the most successful regional aircraft in aviation history.
—Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 19 Feb. 2025
So Sky Way was already seemingly an ICE front when its turboprop shipped the cocaine in early 2005.
—Penn Bullock, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2024
Authorities have not announced a cause of the accident, which saw a ATR 72 twin-engine turboprop airplane spiral out of the air and crash into a residential area in Vinhedo, just northwest of Sao Paulo.
—Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2024
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Barbara Peterson, AFAR Media, 17 Jan. 2025
This turboprop aircraft still ranks as one of the most successful regional aircraft in aviation history.
—Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 19 Feb. 2025
So Sky Way was already seemingly an ICE front when its turboprop shipped the cocaine in early 2005.
—Penn Bullock, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2024
Authorities have not announced a cause of the accident, which saw a ATR 72 twin-engine turboprop airplane spiral out of the air and crash into a residential area in Vinhedo, just northwest of Sao Paulo.
—Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turboprop
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China’s new policy on not accepting the delivery of Boeing jets was announced early Tuesday which is a further sign that the trade war is heating up not cooling down.—
Tom Aspray,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Try a deep soaking tub with jets, a walk-in shower with custom shower head, sauna, high-tech toilet seat, or heated towel bars to make an ordinary bathroom feel luxurious.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Apr. 2025
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Key Polish exports to the U.S. include machinery and mechanical equipment, notably turbojet and turboprop engines.—
Lidia Kurasinska,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Next will come Barracuda cruise missiles, Roadrunner autonomous twin turbojet vehicles and more.—
Andrew King,
Axios,
31 Jan. 2025
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What To Know Video released Thursday by the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) showed Navy sailors aboard the USS Carl Vinson were seen preparing weapons and aircraft for strikes against the Houthis.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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That's the kind of aircraft that would carry a weapon that could be used to take out underground facilities for a nuclear program.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2025
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On January 29, a commercial jetliner and an Army helicopter collided near the nation's capital, resulting in 67 fatalities.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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There were also two fatal crashes involving Boeing’s troubled 737 Max jetliner in 2018 and 2019.—
Josh Funk,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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The companies had ordered hundreds of new freighters when flush with cash from the boom in global trade during the pandemic.—
Peter Eavis,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2025
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Ross’ outside-of-the-box ingenuity also fueled a project by the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans that found Ross shipping himself in a freighter crate that journeyed from Rhode Island to Alabama.—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
31 Dec. 2024
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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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The overnight strike on the Ras Isa port sent massive fireballs billowing skyward and turned tanker trucks into burning wrecks.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Apr. 2025
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Satellite images reveal additional deployments, including KC-135 refueling tankers.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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This multifaceted approach demonstrates how innovative airframe technology can accelerate the industry’s shift toward cleaner travel.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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China currently controls close to 90 percent of the global commercial drone market, and manufactures most of the key hardware used to build them – airframes, batteries, radios, cameras and screens, according to market research firm Drone Industry Insights UG.—
David Jeans,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Turboprop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turboprop. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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