How to Use aircraft in a Sentence

aircraft

noun

• Such an aerial assault would require dozens, if not a couple of hundred, aircraft.
  — James Stavridis, The Mercury News, 8 Oct. 2024
• The cloud prompted a warning for aircraft, as the ashes shot nearly 15 miles high.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 12 Apr. 2023
• After the attack on Pearl Harbor, an aircraft observation post was set up on its flat roof.
  — Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2023
• In addition to the new infrastructure, equipment is visible at the site that could be used to track aircraft, one of the officials said.
  — wsj.com, 14 Apr. 2023
• Each international gate had to be designed to take specific widebody aircraft.
  — oregonlive, 8 Apr. 2023
• Investigators found the plug on the 737 Max 9 aircraft was missing four bolts.
  — Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
• All five people on board the aircraft, including the pilot, were killed, the FAA reported.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2024
• United Airlines, among others, are already interested in the aircraft.
  — New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2024
• Air New Zealand will begin offering Skynest economy-class bunk beds in 2024 on select aircraft.
  — Geoff Whitmore, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
• The weapons can be dropped from aircraft or fired from the ground.
  — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 11 July 2023
• The aircraft took to the skies for its first commercial flight last May.
  — Chris Lau, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024
• The report says the aircraft was shut down and chips were discovered in the gear box.
  — Laura Strickler, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2024
• Women flying the same aircraft had yet to rise through the ranks.
  — Daniel Langhorne, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2024
• But the odd-duck aircraft stayed aloft, proving the concept.
  — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2024
• In the first photo, Bloom, 47, is holding the camera in selfie mode as the pair leap out of the aircraft.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2024
• But most of this happens as a result of the aircraft, not jumping.
  — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 7 May 2023
• The missing panel was on the underside of the aircraft where the wing meets the body and just next to the landing gear, United said.
  — Claire Rush, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2024
• He was not poisoned with a weapons-grade toxin or found in the wreckage of an aircraft that plunged from the sky.
  — Greg Miller, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024
• In August 2023, a small aircraft crashed on the side of a Malaysian highway, killing at least nine people.
  — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 2 July 2024
• In its new guise as an Israeli tanker, signs remain of the aircraft’s past life, a reminder of its age.
  — Nic Robertson, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
• The din of the pop-up dance club competes with that of the occasional aircraft at takeoff.
  — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 16 Aug. 2024
• Bees at airports Bee swarms on aircraft are rare but not unheard of.
  — Marnie Hunter, CNN, 4 May 2023
• Firearms are transported in the belly of the aircraft so that nobody has access to them during the flight.
  — Daily Times, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
• The aircraft is designed to fly 20-mile back-to-back trips, with 10-minute charging sessions in between.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2023
• His tenure started on a high note in the late 1980s, a boom time in commercial aircraft sales.
  — Clay Risen, New York Times, 22 May 2024
• Their post included an image of the vintage aircraft turned over with its wheels up in a grassy field.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2023
• Whether the name came from a desire by Scenic to name all its airports Sky Harbor or by the idea of a 'harbor' for aircraft, no one knows for sure.
  — Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 25 July 2024
• Spatz was also listed as the owner of the aircraft, according to FAA records.
  — Jason Fontelieu, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2023
• All five service members on board the aircraft were determined to have died.
  — Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 13 Nov. 2023
• No flames were spotted coming out of the aircraft, and crews are on-scene to assess the damage, fire officials said.
  — Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 11 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024