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Aviation Week 2024 Fleet Forecast projects total narrow body, widebody, regional and turboprop aircraft deliveries for 2024 to be at 1,796.
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Alex Krutz, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
The turboprop, bound for Sao Paulo’s international airport, had taken off from Cascavel, in the state of Parana and crashed in the town of Vinhedo, some 80 km (50 miles) northwest of Sao Paulo.
—Reuters and Cnn, CNN, 7 Sep. 2024
The airliner is an ATR 72-500 twin-engine turboprop which is used for shorter flights.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 10 Aug. 2024
The carrier on Friday said the plane, an ATR-72 twin-engine turboprop, carried 57 passengers and four crew, but on Saturday confirmed another unaccounted for passenger was on the flight, increasing the number of casualties to 62.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2024
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Alex Krutz, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
The turboprop, bound for Sao Paulo’s international airport, had taken off from Cascavel, in the state of Parana and crashed in the town of Vinhedo, some 80 km (50 miles) northwest of Sao Paulo.
—Reuters and Cnn, CNN, 7 Sep. 2024
The airliner is an ATR 72-500 twin-engine turboprop which is used for shorter flights.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 10 Aug. 2024
The carrier on Friday said the plane, an ATR-72 twin-engine turboprop, carried 57 passengers and four crew, but on Saturday confirmed another unaccounted for passenger was on the flight, increasing the number of casualties to 62.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2024
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As well as facilitating the transfer of the jets to Ukraine from European nations, the U.S. has in the past helped to upgrade Kyiv's existing fleet.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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The plane, a U.S. attack fighter jet, has seen combat too many times to count.Jim Clash, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Measuring about 5½ feet long and equipped with twin turbojets manufactured in-house by the company, the Roadrunner can be kitted out with a variety of payloads.Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
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For any plane hoping to dethrone the Blackbird, its engine needs to somehow seamlessly transition between turbojet, ramjet, and back to turbojet—and Hermeus has already pulled off that delicate piece of aviation engineering.Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 25 Jan. 2023
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Governments around the world have trained eagles to attack unmanned aircraft.Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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No information about the aircraft is listed on the website except for its model type, a Pilatus PC-12 NG, which is an aircraft commonly used as an air ambulance.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Videos circulating online appear to show the exact moment when the bird flies into one of the jetliner’s engines.Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
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The long-profitable company’s fortunes soured after two of its 737 Max jetliners crashed in October 2018 and March 2019, killing 346 people.David Koenig and Manuel Valdes, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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In 2024 through September, Boeing delivered thirty eight MAX aircraft to China, and in July two 777 freighters to Air China.Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Three freighters sank that day: the Anna C. Minch, William B. Davock and Novadoc.Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
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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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Five tanker trucks were initially requested to the scene through an area tanker task force before five additional tankers were requested.Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 16 Dec. 2024
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Oxygen tankers are being delivered regularly to supply the mine shaft, and crews have made progress entering the underground area.Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 3 Dec. 2024
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As for the 787s that had already been delivered previously with these out-of-conformance gaps and are today flying around the world — about 980 jets — Boeing studied whether there is a long-term risk that their airframes could age more quickly and potentially fail.Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 10 Apr. 2024
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Charred, mangled wires and an ashy airframe the size of a large snow tire was all that remained of the weapon, which can carry either conventional or nuclear warheads.SAMYA KULLAB AND ELISE MORTON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Turboprop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turboprop. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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