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aircraft
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[ noun ] (transportation) a vehicle that can fly
Used in print (Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)The Pathet_Lao , stiffened by Communist Veterans from neighboring North Viet_Nam , were supplied by Soviet aircraft . (Kenneth Reiner, "Coping with Runaway Technology"...)Examples are in public utilities , making military aircraft and accessories , or where the investment and risk for a proprietorship would be too great for a much needed project impossible to achieve by_any_means other_than the corporate form , e._g. constructing major airports or dams . (Public Papers of the Presidents of the U.S. D. D....)The decreases , which are largely in construction and in aircraft procurement , are offset in part by increases for research and development and for procurement of other military equipment such_as tanks , vehicles , guns , and electronic_devices . New obligational authority for 1961 recommended in this budget for aircraft procurement ( excluding amounts for related research and construction ) totals $ 4753 million , which is $ 1390 million below that enacted for 1960 . This project was started at a time when there was a critical need for a high energy fuel to provide an extra margin of range for high performance aircraft , particularly our heavy bombers . Related terms craft airplane bogy drone lighter-than-air_craft cruise_missile stealth_aircraft autogiro helicopter heavier-than-air_craft glider fleet skin nose cockpit aircraft_engine skeleton fuel_system skeleton bay cabin crop-dusting blackout aerial touch_down destabilization heavier-than-air sweptback lighter-than-air crash_landing sweptwing driftage stabilisation flyover |
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