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Recent Examples of trimotor
The Army’s record had been set by a five-man crew flying a trimotor monoplane with the financial backing of the War Department.
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Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2024
Four years later, father and son took their first flight together in Warren, where a Ford trimotor was offering short trips to the public.
—Jamie Turner, cleveland.com, 16 July 2019
Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2024
Four years later, father and son took their first flight together in Warren, where a Ford trimotor was offering short trips to the public.
—Jamie Turner, cleveland.com, 16 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trimotor
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During filming in England, he was seen dangling from an upside-down biplane — because of course.Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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Tom Cruise was spotted holding onto the wings of an upside-down flying biplane, which suggests this installment will feature just as many jaw-dropping stunts as usual for the series.Ben Rosenstock, TIME, 19 Dec. 2024
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Towards the nose, there's a front triplane wing, and a large S-duct with adaptive flaps built into the carbon fiber front hood to help things along.New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2024
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Exhibits include fi rearms, artillery pieces, uniforms, armored vehicles, and even a Fokker triplane.Smithsonian, Smithsonian, 26 May 2017
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To counter this, construction magnate turned shipbuilder Henry J. Kaiser proposed to the US government the building of a new class of seaplane bigger than anything previously conceived that would essentially be an airborne freighter.David Szondy, New Atlas, 25 Dec. 2024
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Guests typically arrive by seaplane and each villa comes with a personal concierge and gourmet meals, according to the resort's website.Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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Maloney was later killed after crashing the same glider.Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 6 Jan. 2025
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Paone said aviators previously flew using balloons, kites and gliders until the Wright Brothers conducted the first flight in 1903.Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
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The same tendency also affects drones, with the original $1 million Predator, a simple uncrewed sailplane with a camera, morphing into the $22 million Reaper.David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2023
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Keen interest centered on the performance of a Nelson Dragonfly sailplane, entered in the meet by Gus Briegleb, of Van Nuys.San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2022
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These three species add to the more than 400 species of amphibians on the island.Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
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The third amphibian is a new species of arboreal salamander, Bolitoglossa sp.Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 25 Dec. 2024
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He is asked by RAF Group Captain Lionel Mandrake — a voice of reason in the madness — to recall the B-52 bombers that will end civilization.Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2025
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The crew was nevertheless able to make contact with a B-25 bomber sent to search for vessels despite the treacherous weather.David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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By 2020, the design brief had morphed through a 12-rotor three-person contender called the Seraph to a tilt-rotor people carrier concept dubbed the VA-1X – which the company's Chief Engineer detailed in an interview shortly after the reveal.Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 19 July 2024
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Abe has reaffirmed Noda’s plan to buy 42 F-35 fighters and has announced his intention to purchase 17 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft and 52 amphibious assault vehicles.Michael Auslin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2016
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“Trimotor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trimotor. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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