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  • noun Plural form of aeroplane.

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Examples

  • David Shayler, the ex-MI5 spy who claims that the Twin Towers were hit by cruise missiles disguised as aeroplanes, is believed to be furious.

    Archive 2007-02-01 2007

  • David Shayler, the ex-MI5 spy who claims that the Twin Towers were hit by cruise missiles disguised as aeroplanes, is believed to be furious.

    9/11: Conspiracy Behind the Conspiracy 2007

  • For example, it is used as ballast in aeroplanes (having disastrous consequences in 1992 when an El-Al jet crashed into flats near Amsterdam – depleted uranium was also involved in the recent Stansted Korean Air crash – see CADU News issue 3 for full report).

    Think Progress » Bush Knew 10 Marines Had Died Prior To Rose Garden Remarks, Didn’t Mention It 2005

  • The first men who went up in aeroplanes were superlatively brave, and even today it must need an exceptionally good nerve to be a pilot.

    The Road to Wigan Pier 1937

  • She said, What is happening here is that a large number of flying machines that we call aeroplanes are taking off and landing on a long stretch of tarmac that we call a runway, because this is a place that we call an airport, and soon one of those aeroplanes is going to set off for um-bongo land, where you come from, and you’re going to be on it.

    Little Bee Chris Cleave 2008

  • She said, What is happening here is that a large number of flying machines that we call aeroplanes are taking off and landing on a long stretch of tarmac that we call a runway, because this is a place that we call an airport, and soon one of those aeroplanes is going to set off for um-bongo land, where you come from, and you’re going to be on it.

    Little Bee Chris Cleave 2008

  • She said, What is happening here is that a large number of flying machines that we call aeroplanes are taking off and landing on a long stretch of tarmac that we call a runway, because this is a place that we call an airport, and soon one of those aeroplanes is going to set off for um-bongo land, where you come from, and you’re going to be on it.

    Little Bee Chris Cleave 2008

  • Summit meetings are not planned when flying in aeroplanes.

    Why are South Indians so smart? Steve Sailer 2002

  • While I'm ready to meet him in any reasonable test, to prove which of our aeroplanes is the better, I don't want to act like a crazy aviator.

    The Airplane Boys among the Clouds or, Young Aviators in a Wreck John Luther Langworthy

  • Our aeroplanes were the source of a good deal of annoyance to the

    Five Months at Anzac A Narrative of Personal Experiences of the Officer Commanding the 4th Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force Joseph Lievesley Beeston 1890

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