Englishfor English speakers
A2
aircraft English
Meaning aircraft meaning
What does aircraft mean?
Definitions in simple English
aircraft
aircraft
Synonyms aircraft synonyms
What other words have the same or similar meaning as aircraft?
aircraft English » English
Topics aircraft topics
What do people use aircraft to talk about?
-
What types of airplanes are there?
Examples aircraft examples
How do I use aircraft in a sentence?
Simple sentences
Thanks to the development of aircraft, the world has become much smaller.
The newspaper company has ten aircraft.
This aircraft company deals with freight only.
How many aircraft carriers does the US Navy have?
Flying in darkness without adequate training is a major cause of light aircraft accidents.
As a test pilot, Neil Armstrong made 7 flights in the X-15 aircraft. He was able to attain an altitude of 63,198 meters (207,500 feet).
During a flight, an airplane's weight constantly changes as the aircraft consumes fuel.
There are some aircraft, called gliders, that have no engines at all, but fly just fine.
After World War II, as jet engines gained popularity, aerodynamicists used jet engines to turn the propellers on some aircraft. This propulsion system is called a turboprop.
We shot down enemy aircraft.
That aircraft company deals in freight only.
Please remain seated until the aircraft arrives at the gate.
How many missiles can this aircraft carry?
The aircraft cabin holds two hundred and fifty people.
This aircraft carrier is scheduled for decommissioning.
Movie subtitles
Anne Arundel county sheriff's department's reporting a downed aircraft burning two miles outside of Crofton.
Let me know what NTSB says about that downed aircraft.
An aircraft is getting ready to leave Central Africa.
On the aircraft, an explorer.
The unknown aircraft passed over Seabeach. and dropped bombs within a few hundred yards of the waterworks.
We do not yet know the nationality of these aircraft. though, of course, there could be little doubt of their place of origin.
And aircraft?
We have lost eighty aircraft.
The anti-aircraft gun!
Aircraft in sight astern, sir.
Aircraft in sight, bearing green 1-7-0.
Aircraft in sight.
Shore guns and enemy aircraft are going to make it tough for you.
The fire in the Stewart Aircraft Works, in which one man was killed, many injured, and half a million dollars worth of damage caused, has been definitely set down to sabotage.
And aircraft? - 150 airfighters, 50 air bombers per day.
After Big Bertha. The anti-aircraft gun!
Tell her to scram or I call out the anti-aircraft.
It all started with an unknown blonde, an aircraft worker at a factory in Glendale, California.
Where are your boosted anti-aircraft guns?
Aircraft sighted.
Anti-aircraft batteries, track target.
Enemy aircraft approaching.
That can't be aircraft. Must be a buzz bomb.
While you were limited to fighting among yourselves with primitive tanks and aircraft, WE WGTG UHCOHCETHEQ.
Aircraft.
We get to fly an aircraft, and ride a horse on a field in Mongolia.
Anne Arundel County Sheriff's Department is reporting a downed aircraft burning 2 miles outside of Crofton.
This hypothesis rests on solid arguments How many caravans lost of missing aircraft have men lost without a trace?
Jurieux's aircraft was manufactured by Caudron.
You'd better take your aircraft off this tarmac.
You'll fly Aircraft 39.
Anti-aircraft batteries track target.
Probably fell out of the aircraft when they jettisoned the other thing, whatever that is.
It's the aircraft engine of the future.
How does it keep the aircraft in the air, then?
Hot air blows out here at the end. It comes out at such terrific force that that alone drives the aircraft.
News and current affairs
Drones - unmanned aircraft that are remotely steered - have proven to be effective in killing a significant number of terrorists, including many of the most important leaders.
They know that confiscating the checkbooks of Russia and Iran would probably make the world a lot safer than building another submarine or aircraft carrier.
After all, the dangers that America faces today do not come from nation states, but from non-states actors against whom nuclear weapons and aircraft carriers are useless.
Brazil is becoming known not only for orange juice, but for aircraft exports like the Embraer jets that now compete with American and European producers for the regional commuter market.
Sudan government aircraft and government-supported troops (known as jangaweed) retaliated against not only armed rebels but also against civilians deemed to be supporting them.
Second, the UN ought to make good on its threat and impose sanctions against the Sudanese government unless it stops using its aircraft to destroy villages and unless it stops supporting the jangaweed.
The Israelis swiftly spread out behind the Egyptians, overrunning anti-aircraft batteries and blocking supply and reinforcement routes.
The EU needs common defense procurement and harmonization to acquire the helicopters, transport aircraft, battlefield communications equipment, and surveillance drones that are necessary for twenty-first-century operations.
As US security interests shift to the Pacific, Americans now rely on increasingly vulnerable forward land bases and carrier fleets with tactical aircraft that have a combat radius of 300-500 miles (482-805 kilometers).
The Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi, which led the attack on Pearl Harbor, flew the battle flag flown by the Mikasa, Admiral Togo's ship when he attacked the Russian fleet at Port Arthur.
Instead of exploiting Japan as a regional aircraft carrier, as the US tries to do, or neglecting her politically, as Europeans do, both need to work out a new, strategic approach - if possible, jointly.
It requires more schools and fewer guns; more universities and fewer aircraft carriers.
Although Egyptian reconnaissance aircraft had flown near Dimona in 1965 and 1967 without incident, during the 1967 war, Israel shot down one of its own Mirage jet fighters when it strayed over the facility.
For example, only three new military aircraft have been purchased since 2000.
A dozen international conventions and numerous UN resolutions commit governments to oppose hostage taking, the hijacking of civilian aircraft, and terrorism more broadly.
So the key issue for China, its neighbors, the US, and rest of the world is not how many aircraft carriers, missiles, submarines, and next-generation fighters China may produce and deploy in the coming years and decades.
A pandemic spread by birds or travelers on jet aircraft could kill more people than perished in World Wars I or II.
Even Europe is not immune: a civilian aircraft was shot down over a conflict zone in eastern Ukraine, and officials were prevented from investigating.
NEW DELHI - China's announcement that its first aircraft carrier is ready to set sail as early as the end of this month has refocused attention on the country's naval ambitions.
And, to lend credence to that claim, the two smaller Soviet-era aircraft carriers that were purchased with the Varyag in 1998-2000 were developed into floating museums.
The first official acknowledgement that China was turning the Varyag into a fully refurbished, deployable aircraft carrier came this month, just when it was almost ready to set sail.
In fact, with a second and larger aircraft carrier currently under construction, it may not be long before China displays its naval capabilities by dispatching a carrier battle group to the Indian Ocean - if not basing one at Gwadar.
In particular, this could mean the introduction of what has so far been viewed as somewhat taboo equipment, such as light aircraft carriers or nuclear submarines.
As it stands, the US sells mainly defensive weapons systems to India, while Russia, for example, offers India offensive weapons, including strategic bombers, an aircraft carrier, and a lease on a nuclear submarine.
Since these missiles could in theory attack Turkish aircraft in Turkish airspace, the Turks in response have implied that their deployment might be a casus belli.
Japan's warships can help with sanctions monitoring and minesweeping. Its ships and aircraft can rescue stranded nationals.
One piece of news reported by Russian media but curiously unheeded in the West is that the missile cruiser Moskva, with its dozens of anti-aircraft ordnance, has been deployed to Latakia.
Rather, the Kremlin evidently will view as a legitimate target any aircraft that might pass over territory that it comes to regard as being under its control.