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Travelers soared high above the clouds instead of bouncing along in a noisier, slower, propeller-driven plane at the mercy of the weather.

Relic of Modern Air Travel Gets a Facelift 2010

World War II Corsair F4U-4, the fearsome, propeller-driven, 460 mph

ROBERT KANE 2010

By Korea, “air breathers,” or jets, had replaced the finely crafted propeller-driven fighters of lore, and aerial duels between American F‑86 Sabres and Soviet-built MiG‑15s were fleeting visual encounters where the biggest challenge was to get close enough to fire.

The Last Ace 2009

After just eight days, he became the first in his class to solo in a light propeller-driven aircraft.

William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011

A third plane—a slower propeller-driven aircraft—is coming up from the southwest.

Summer Travel, as Seen From the Airport Control Tower Scott McCartney 2011

Inside of 40 years, from World War I to the Korean conflict, pilots went from shooting at each other with pistols from propeller-driven biplanes to dueling with cannons and missiles in jet aircraft moving faster than sound.

The Last Ace 2009

By Korea, “air breathers,” or jets, had replaced the finely crafted propeller-driven fighters of lore, and aerial duels between American F‑86 Sabres and Soviet-built MiG‑15s were fleeting visual encounters where the biggest challenge was to get close enough to fire.

The Last Ace 2009

Inside of 40 years, from World War I to the Korean conflict, pilots went from shooting at each other with pistols from propeller-driven biplanes to dueling with cannons and missiles in jet aircraft moving faster than sound.

The Last Ace 2009

“We equate this leap in engine technology as equivalent to the post-World War II jump from propeller-driven aircraft to jet engines,” Brink said.

U.S. Jet Sets World Record for Hypersonic Flight | Impact Lab 2010

After just eight days, he became the first in his class to solo in a light propeller-driven aircraft.

William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011