A lumbering, propeller-driven spyplane hits a jet. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 8, 2001] Reference
What we really need is an ancient, propeller-driven air-plane. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction Hall of Fame]
The propeller-driven plane is the same used by Brazil's military. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 2, 2008] Reference
World War II Corsair F4U-4, the fearsome, propeller-driven, 460 mph. From Wordnik.com. [ROBERT KANE] Reference
The next day, Phoebe and Duncan left the island on a small propeller-driven aircraft. From Wordnik.com. [Pirates] Reference
Indeed, today's Boeing 737 does somewhat resemble its smaller propeller-driven predecessor. From Wordnik.com. [This War Hero Still Flies] Reference
MD decided to play it safe and stick to their established market of propeller-driven aircraft. From Wordnik.com. [The Speculist: October 2004 Archives] Reference
It was Tu-95MS "Bear" - a propeller-driven Soviet-era platform also known to NATO as a Bear-H. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-02-01] Reference
A few minutes later Tom was piloting one of the two-seater propeller-driven planes down the runway. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift Jr And His Flying Lab]
In 1945 America possessed the world's greatest fleet of propeller-driven bombers and fighter planes. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming Cutbacks In Military Money] Reference
He spends more than 180 hours per year at the controls of jets and propeller-driven airplanes alike. From Wordnik.com. [60 Years Ago, the Air Force and Yeager Were Thrown Into History | Impact Lab] Reference
Jets were bigger, and faster speeds meant they were far more productive than propeller-driven planes. From Wordnik.com. [Requiem For The Jet Age?] Reference
Who was the flyer, way back in history, the one who first flew the Atlantic in a propeller-driven aircraft?. From Wordnik.com. [Medal of Honor] Reference
Mechanics rolled out the sleek propeller-driven two - seater, and Sandy took it up in a long, graceful arc. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift Jr And His Flying Lab]
The damage, already well documented, to ancient building foundations by propeller-driven waves is enormous. From Wordnik.com. [Venice, Italy, a city truly being "adored to death"] Reference
I pictured flying in on a small, probably propeller-driven plane into a tiny, dingy, oppressively hot airport. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference
However, propeller-driven aircraft still performed the early-warning and antisubmarine functions without hardship. From Wordnik.com. [On Yankee Station]
The propeller-driven Douglas EA-1 Skyraider had seen combat in Korea, when AD-5Ws and - 5Qs represented the top of the line. From Wordnik.com. [On Yankee Station]
The first jets were being introduced into the fleet, but the vast majority of flights were still on propeller-driven aircraft. From Wordnik.com. [Don't let bag fees make you nostalgic. Airlines' golden age wasn't so golden.] Reference
The A400M is a medium-sized propeller-driven cargo aircraft designed to slip in and out of places too small for bigger planes. From Wordnik.com. [Another Balky Plane Hurts EADS] Reference
On December 14, Holman was launched from the carrier as the pilot of an E1B propeller-driven warning plane carrying a crew of five. From Wordnik.com. [Koenig, Edwin L.] Reference
WEST: It's a Twin Otter, which is a small, twin-engine propeller-driven plane which we use during the research season in Antarctica. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 24, 2001] Reference
You approached the dirigible by means of a small propeller-driven aircraft that drifted up to match trajectories and docked alongside. From Wordnik.com. [The Forever War]
Manufacturers of small, propeller-driven airplanes have faced increasing pressure in recent years to make their products more affordable. From Wordnik.com. [Cessna's New Plane to Be Built in China] Reference
Others enjoyed a three-hour safari in the embassys propeller-driven DC-3, which buzzed over elephants, water buffalo, and local villages. From Wordnik.com. [The Attack on the Liberty] Reference
Travelers soared high above the clouds instead of bouncing along in a noisier, slower, propeller-driven plane at the mercy of the weather. From Wordnik.com. [Relic of Modern Air Travel Gets a Facelift] Reference
By the end of WWII the propeller-driven plane had been developed to the point of perfection in the form of the P-51 and the Superfortress. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Bibi Time?] Reference
The plane was a noisy, propeller-driven Constellation, and I spent much of the flight assuring the overly solicitous stewardess that I needed nothing, that, indeed, I felt fine. From Wordnik.com. [Prayers To Broken Stones]
(This version CORRECTS throughout that aircraft is propeller-driven.). From Wordnik.com. [Salon] Reference
The single-engine, propeller-driven trainer aircraft was last reported near Port Lavaca. From Wordnik.com. [Salon] Reference
Remotely piloted, propeller-driven airplanes, they could easily be heard as they circled overhead for hours. From Wordnik.com. [International Herald Tribune - World News, Analysis, and Global Opinions] Reference
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