"jet" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- As the most advanced supersonic transports became some of the oldest airframes in the fleet, they also fell to the economics of new efficient subsonic jets and upgrade costs.
- In 1981, the unit converted to the A-7D Corsair II, a subsonic jet designed for close-air support.
- The subsonic jets of the 1980's, packed with hundreds of passengers seated ten abreast, could not even begin to match such comfort and spaciousness.
- Lockheed sought an airplane with cruise speeds of around 2,000 mph (3,219 km/h) with takeoff and landing speeds that compared to large subsonic jets of the same era.
- The order for the subsonic jets, which were developed in a venture between Embraer and Italian partners, is the Brazilian company's first significant military contract in Latin America.
- As a result Concorde pilots must use their brains to operate controls that on newer subsonic jets are run by computer.
- The drone of a subsonic jet approaching from the south brought Bolan back to full alert.
- Though maintenance costs for the jets are four times as high as those for a subsonic jet, the airlines still make a profit on the Concorde.
- Passengers will have the option in Ecuador of taking a trip to the Galapagos Islands and returning to New York in first class on a subsonic jet.
- Meanwhile, 8 of the 60 British Airways flight crew members (captains, co-captains and flight engineers) have retired, and about 20 have shifted to subsonic jets, mostly 747's.
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