Why Is Airplane Also Spelled “Aeroplane? The History of These Words
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Why Thousands of Aircraft are Abandoned in the Arizona Desert
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The Perfect Airplane Wing, Air & Space Magazine
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The History of the Beechcraft Starship Plane and Its (Sad) Ending
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United Airlines Will Buy 110 Planes From Airbus and Boeing - The New York Times
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Air India Places Record Order for 470 Planes From Airbus and Boeing - The New York Times
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History of flight, Airplanes, Dates, & Facts
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The 5 Smallest Aircraft in the World (and the Stories Behind Them)
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Why Is Airplane Also Spelled “Aeroplane? The History of These Words
Passing out on a plane is pretty common. What happened with this drunk was not - Los Angeles Times
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You've heard alfa, bravo, Charliebut do you know where it came from? - Uniting Aviation
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Supersonic: 50 years after its first flight, the Concorde story is still remarkable
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Helicopter vs Airplane Differences: Safety, Speed, Ease of Flying
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