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Recent Examples of turboprop
An aircraft matching the description of a single-engine turboprop plane that went missing Thursday in Alaska with 10 people onboard has been found with at least three bodies inside.
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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2025
The crash of that turboprop aircraft prompted federal regulations requiring more rest and training for pilots.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025
Conde Nast Traveler readers' pick as their favorite domestic airline uses eight-seat turboprops and won't be impacted by possible regulatory changes.
—Doug Gollan, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
The Cessna aircraft, a single-engine turboprop operated by Bering Air, departed from Unalakleet on Thursday around 2:30 p.m., Alaska’s Department of Public Safety said.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2025
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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2025
The crash of that turboprop aircraft prompted federal regulations requiring more rest and training for pilots.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025
Conde Nast Traveler readers' pick as their favorite domestic airline uses eight-seat turboprops and won't be impacted by possible regulatory changes.
—Doug Gollan, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
The Cessna aircraft, a single-engine turboprop operated by Bering Air, departed from Unalakleet on Thursday around 2:30 p.m., Alaska’s Department of Public Safety said.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turboprop
Noun
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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
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Yann Schreiber and Paz Pizarro/AFP via Getty Images U.K. officials were watching for damage to birds and sea life after jet fuel poured into the North Sea when the Solong broadsided the Stena Monday.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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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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
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An aircraft alledgedly carrying US businessman Donald Trump Jr. arrives in Nuuk, Greenland on January 7, 2025.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2025
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Instead, Ukraine’s military was able to reposition matériel to avoid Russian strikes and shoot down a troop transport aircraft.—
The Editors,
National Review,
11 Mar. 2025
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That same year, the British De Havilland Comet, the world’s first commercial jetliner, made its debut.—
David Nikel,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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Onishi served as a commercial pilot in Japan, flying Boeing 767 jetliners, and Peskov is an experienced commercial 757 pilot.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2025
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Daryl was taken captive in Maine by a crew of French sailors and shipped back to France on a freighter ship.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
24 Oct. 2024
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The thick ice even temporarily stranded a Canadian cargo freighter.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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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 Russian captain of a cargo ship that crashed into a U.S. fuel tanker in the North Sea, appeared in a British court where he was charged with manslaughter and gross negligence.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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Russian remanded in fatal sea collision LONDON -- The Russian captain of a cargo ship that collided with a U.S. tanker last week appeared in a U.K. court Saturday where he was remanded in custody over the death of a crew member, who is missing and presumed dead.—
Compiled by Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports,
arkansasonline.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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The two argued that advances in composite airframe construction would allow lighter supersonic aircraft that would generate less of a boom than the pioneering Concorde airliner, recommending that the FAA rewrite those rules to restrict sound, not speed.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PCMAG,
10 Feb. 2025
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That work is usually divided into three categories, covering the airframe — or body, wings and tail of a plane — the engine and various other components.—
Niraj Chokshi,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Turboprop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turboprop. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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