my uncle learned how to fly an airplane while serving in the air force
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Bird remains recovered from airplane strikes, called snarge, are sent to the Smithsonian Institution’s lab in Washington DC, where they are analyzed to determine the species.—
Amanda Jackson,
CNN Money,
11 Aug. 2026 The government has intensified firefighting efforts across Sumatra and Borneo islands, deploying more than 35 aircraft including water-bombing helicopters and patrol airplanes.—ABC News,
11 Aug. 2026 The method used to conceal the president was a catering truck typically used on the tarmac to deliver food and beverages to airplanes, the Washington Post reported.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
11 Aug. 2026 Boeing also benefits by shedding subsidiaries that are not central to its commercial airplanes, defense and space operations.—
Phil Lebeau,meghan Reeder,
CNBC,
10 Aug. 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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