1) Aeroplane 2) Blimp 3) Bogy 4) Dirigible 5) Glider 6) Jet 7) Plane 8) Planes
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1) Blimps 2) Bombers and jets 3) Craft 4) Exclusively Saxon word 5) Exclusively Anglo word 6) Hangar contents 7) Kind of carrier 8) Means to travel 9) Planes 10) Tune on boat goes up and down 11) What flattops carry 12) Word of purely Anglo origin 13) Word with Anglo-Saxon origins
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An aircraft is a machine that is able to fly by gaining support from the air, or, in general, the atmosphere of a planet. It counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or by using the dynamic lift of an airfoil, or in a few cases the downward thrust from jet engines. The human activity that surrounds aircraft is called aviation. Cre...
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• (n. sing. & pl.) Any device, as a balloon, aeroplane, etc., for floating in, or flying through, the air.
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There are plenty of sunken aircraft underwater, many of them from World War Two. Some are just fragments, but others are intact. This area is researched by Steven Carmichael-Timson and Adam Wilson at Sea-Tech Exploration, UK.
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(from the article `airplane`) any of a class of fixed-wing aircraft that is heavier than air, propelled by a screw propeller or a high-velocity jet, and supported by the dynamic ... ...layer behind the obstacle can be much reduced. Other methods of reducing drag that have some practical applications are illustrated in Figures 17B ... ...
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A weight-carrying structure for navigation of the air that is supported either by its own buoyancy or by the dynamic action of the air against its surfaces. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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Air'craft` noun sing. & plural Any device, as a balloon, aëroplane, etc., for floating in, or flying through, the air.
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An aircraft is a flying machine, a vessel which flies through the air rather than floats on water or travels along a road or rail.
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n] - a vehicle that can fly
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A vehicle that can travel through the air.
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Any structure, machine, or contrivance, especially a vehicle, designed to be supported by the air, being borne up either by the dynamic action of the air upon the surfaces of the structure or object, or by its own buoyancy; such structures, machines, or vehicles collectively.Aircraft, in its broadest meaning, includes fixed-wing airplanes, helicopt...
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A generic term for all types of flying machines, both heavier-than-air and lighter-than-air. The term 'aircraft' includes aeroplanes, gyroplanes, helicopters, ornithopters, kites, gliders, airships an balloons.
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noun a vehicle that can fly
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Any aeronautical vehicle capable of flying through the air. It may be lighter than air (supported by buoyancy) or heavier than air (supported by the dynamic action of air on its surfaces). Balloons and airships are lighter-than-air craft. Heavier-than-air craft include the aeroplane, glider, autogiro, and helicopter
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any machine supported for flight in the air by buoyancy or by the dynamic action of air on its surfaces, esp. powered airplanes, gliders, and helicopters.
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