A few minutes later they approached a small twin-engine jet sitting on the tarmac.
The 767, a twin-engine jet with two aisles, seats seven abreast in economy class.
The twin-engine jet was over West Texas, dreary hill country beloved by the natives but by no one else.
Handling an infinitely more complex twin-engine jet required qualifications he simply did not have.
The twin-engine jet, which was carrying two pilots and three enforcement agents, was on a routine reconnaissance mission when it went down.
The two Air Force crewmen managed to eject and parachute to safety, but their twin-engine jet blew up.
A twin-engine jet was parked at the ramp.
In more than two hours of maneuvering, the twin-engine jet is to climb to an altitude exceeding 65,000 feet, scientists say.
The 767-300 is a twin-engine wide-body jet that can carry 210 passengers 6,900 miles.
The approval, which American received last week but did not announce, is the first for a twin-engine commercial jet to make Pacific crossings.