rocket plane

noun

Definition of rocket planenext
as in aerospace plane

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Recent Examples of rocket plane July 12, 2024 at 6:55 p.m. EDT Listen 7 min Share Comment Save Joe Engle, the last surviving member of the test pilots who skimmed the edge of space on the X-15 rocket plane in the 1960s and who later orbited the Earth on space-shuttle missions, died July 10 at his home in Houston. — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 12 July 2024 Virgin Galactic, the space tourism company that kicked off the SPAC boom, flew its rocket plane to the limit of the atmosphere and back this morning (May 25) for the first time in nearly two years. — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 25 May 2023 The flight, called Galactic 06 by Virgin Galactic, carried four customers for the first time, along with its two pilots, on a suborbital hop over New Mexico aboard the VSS Unity rocket plane. — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2024 Zombie stars and the corporatization of the galaxy Richard Branson of Virgin Galactic will possibly join on a suborbital flight aboard the VSS Unity SpaceShipTwo rocket plane more than two weeks before Bezos' flight, Parabolic's Douglas Messier reports. — Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 9 June 2021 See All Example Sentences for rocket plane
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  1. supersonic transport
  2. jet
  3. torpedo bomber
  4. turbojet
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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
  • That means a whole new generation of supersonic transports that will not only cater to the privileged few but the public at large.
    — Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of supersonic transport
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  • The cargo ship’s other 13 crew members were rescued, along with the full 23-person crew of the Stena Immaculate which, Kane said, was carrying 220,000 barrels of jet fuel.
    — Christian Edwards, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Changes in the air A baggage handler drives a cart full of luggage near Southwest Airlines jets at San Diego International Airport on March 4, 2025 in San Diego, California.
    — Michele Luhn, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of jet
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of torpedo bomber
Noun
  • Next will come Barracuda cruise missiles, Roadrunner autonomous twin turbojet vehicles and more.
    — Andrew King, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025
  • As ramjets forego moving parts like the compressor and turbine components found in traditional turbojets, the design is more compact, lightweight, efficient, and cost-effective to produce.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of turbojet

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