propeller plane


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Noun1.propeller plane - an airplane that is driven by a propellerpropeller plane - an airplane that is driven by a propeller
aeroplane, airplane, plane - an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane"
airplane propeller, airscrew, prop - a propeller that rotates to push against air
double-prop, double-propeller plane, twin-prop, twin-propeller-plane - a propeller plane with an engine that drives two propellers in opposite directions (for stability)
propjet, turboprop, turbo-propeller plane - an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine
single prop, single-propeller plane - a propeller plane with a single propeller
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It can carry 24 troops and once in the air, the plane's two main rotors tilt forward and power it like a normal propeller plane.
They found a single engine propeller plane crashed in the backyard of the house, surrounded by a field of debris. The plane was identified as a Beechcraft Bonanza. 
Just after 7.30am Stephen heard a "large loud propeller plane pass over the city."
Uprooted trees and other debris were strewn across muddy roads, while at Jayapura's small airport a propeller plane lay partly crushed on a runway.Papua shares a border with independent Papua New Guinea on an island just north of Australia.
During the milestone event, he successfully maneuvered a propeller plane.
The US-made twin-engine propeller plane was en route to central Villavicencio from the Southern city of San Jose del Guaviare, the agency added.
The Douglas DC-3 aircraft, a twin-engine propeller plane that was first produced in the 1930s, crashed in the center-east of the country.
Since losing her limbs, she has learned to fly a single-engine propeller plane and abseiled off a multi-storey building.
The fully booked propeller plane, built in 1939 and retired by Switzerland's air force in 1981, was flying the passengers back to its base at Duebendorf, near Zurich, from a two-day trip to the Italian-speaking Ticino region.
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