noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
aircraft carrier
aircraft/plane wreckage
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The major task is now to remove the aircraft wreckage from the accident site.
combat aircraft
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Very few combat aircraft have been destroyed.
jet fighter/aircraft/airliner
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a squadron of F-6 jet fighter aircraft
light aircraft
motor/car/aircraft etc spares
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a shortage of aircraft spares
stealth bomber/aircraft/fighter etc (= a plane made using this system )
traffic/aircraft/engine etc noise
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It was peaceful there, with no traffic noise at all.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
civil
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A pleasing publication which shows the diversity of military and civil aircraft and airlines that have used this airport.
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No civil aircraft now stayed in Phnom Penh overnight, since Khmer Rouge rocket attacks on the airport were frequent.
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Three miles south the Imperial War Museum has an exciting collection of military and civil aircraft at Duxford airfield.
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This is not usual in civil aircraft systems though it is occasionally done in some military aircraft.
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A soldier who feared flying was fined £600 yesterday for endangering a civil aircraft and disobeying the captain's orders.
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The orders for civil aircraft alone could not sustain the large number of smallish firms that comprised the industry.
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At Duxford airfield you can see the Imperial War Museum's collection of military and civil aircraft .
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BAe is a world leader in designing and making wings for civil or military aircraft .
civilian
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The military said the distances between the military and civilian aircraft more than met air-traffic-control separation standards.
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J., who joined in a news conference with Kennedy and other lawmakers to denounce the downing of the civilian aircraft .
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S.-based civilian aircraft flying missions for the anti-Castro organization, Brothers to the Rescue.
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We must be clear, this shooting of civilian aircraft out of the air was a flagrant violation of international law.
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Reported near collisions involving military and civilian aircraft have dropped dramatically in the 1990s.
commercial
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The company, the world's largest manufacturer of commercial aircraft , has experienced five straight years of record orders.
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S.-made commercial aircraft competition.
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As in commercial aircraft , going it alone was never a realistic option.
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In recent years, the group has claimed on average about 30 % of the global market for large commercial aircraft orders.
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Trading losses from commercial aircraft mushroomed last year from £37 million to £337 million.
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The Navy analysis concluded that 15-inch-thick concrete runways are needed for commercial aircraft .
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The range of services already includes automatic telephones for commercial passenger aircraft .
large
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There was therefore, unusually, a large number of aircraft movements.
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In recent years, the group has claimed on average about 30 % of the global market for large commercial aircraft orders.
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It was also to be the largest aircraft ever built in Britain.
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Some freight carriers added flights; others simply used larger aircraft .
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Flying boats were larger than most aircraft of the time.
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But what if a large passenger aircraft has to be fuelled ready for flight?
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In more complicated cases or where a larger aircraft is concerned the investigating team can comprise up to a dozen investigators.
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At 0700, they plotted a large group of aircraft about 130 miles away and closing fast.
light
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In the light aircraft groups, there is a similarity of performance.
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All gliders and light aircraft have to recover satisfactorily with the standard method.
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Furthermore if Grimbergen is closed, where do the present 150 plus light aircraft presently based there go?
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Also with Government loans, another company is building the Lear-Fan light executive aircraft near Belfast.
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Today, Cessna is out of the light aircraft market for ever and Piper is on its knees.
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This may well be one of those rare occasions when light aircraft pilots have the opportunity to shape something that affects them.
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Ivars has built over the years a series of light aircraft , most employing a faithful Cirrus Minor I engine.
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In some of their light and not-so-light aircraft seats are added in a manner guaranteed to tempt the irresponsible.
military
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A pleasing publication which shows the diversity of military and civil aircraft and airlines that have used this airport.
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Bethesda, Maryland-based Lockheed makes military aircraft , space systems, missiles and electronics systems.
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Three miles south the Imperial War Museum has an exciting collection of military and civil aircraft at Duxford airfield.
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Government expenditures can reabsorb these resources in the production of guided missiles, military aircraft , and new schools and highways.
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This is not usual in civil aircraft systems though it is occasionally done in some military aircraft.
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The military said the distances between the military and civilian aircraft more than met air-traffic-control separation standards.
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The technology of military aircraft is distinct from the civilian variety.
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We invented the submarine and were the first to purchase a military aircraft .
new
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This left Boeing in the odd position of undertaking to sell new Airbus aircraft .
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If so, are we passengers willing to pay substantially higher fares so that the airlines can continuously purchase new aircraft ?
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The catch here is that on the new aircraft it costs more than £20,000.
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Further into the future, new forms of aircraft may work just fine on short runways.
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The new aircraft will enable the airline to boost passenger capacity by 13 percent a year, Tajudin said.
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Therefore, with demand outstripping supply for new aircraft production, existing in-service aircraft are replaced more slowly.
other
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I executed a hard right turn, but could not see any other aircraft in my vicinity.
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Hearing no other radio communication and seeing no other aircraft to his left or right, he turned finals.
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He was seen to wave that he was O.K. to one of the other aircraft .
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Like that other Magister this aircraft is supposed to have an odd, unpleasant nose-down pitching diversion with excess sideslip.
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He was unaware of the other aircraft until both began to veer off the side of the runway.
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There was no other sign of wreckage of any other aircraft .
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Within six seconds of the collision, one fell to earth among other aircraft , just below the point of impact.
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We then followed the River Orwell to the bridge before going home in the distance we could see other aircraft .
small
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The count simply abandoned the small , expensive aircraft and led them to the car.
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Several other smaller aircraft units from North Island will be on board the Nimitz and its escorts.
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Naturally, if a small aircraft is overbooked consistently, it might rate early loading.
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If small aircraft were routed elsewhere, Kamman said, Lindbergh Field would have more runway space for larger airliners.
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I had to show the local mechanic what to do; he knew nothing about small aircraft .
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Jessica took her first flight in a small aircraft when she was 6 years old.
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The seaplanes that do remain are small aircraft , not generally used for scheduled passenger services.
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The Beech 1900, a twin-engine turboprop seating 19, is among the smaller commuter aircraft in regular service.
■ NOUN
accident
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There remain the specialists who look after the flight recorder side of aircraft accident investigation.
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The truth is that aircraft accident investigation should be carried out in a completely impartial and objective manner.
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Ernest had been killed in 1940 in an aircraft accident when on duty as a Drogue Operator.
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The regulations governing the investigation of aircraft accidents had been unchanged since 1969.
carrier
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It is interested in MIG-31 high-altitude interceptors, more modern submarines and help in building aircraft carriers .
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Short of an aircraft carrier or nuclear weapons, nothing can bring hurt like a cruiser.
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As I came up out of the trough, the wave was pouting out a lip like the deck of an aircraft carrier .
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Consider a film clip showing an aircraft carrier at sea.
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While a naval officer, he invented and designed the first-ever aircraft carrier , the Angus.
fighter
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None the less, research and development in post-war fighter aircraft went forward at a brisk pace and over a wide range of options.
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The controls and instrumentation of a modern fighter aircraft , for example, are bafflingly complex.
industry
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An aircraft industry , which was started by Short Bros. and Harland, now has Government aid.
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The aircraft industry alone accounted for one-third of expenditure.
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Timothy Ormerod Limited make precision parts for the car and aircraft industries .
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It was also the cradle of the nation's aircraft industry , starting with A V Roe's historic flight in 1908.
jet
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Post-war development of parachutes acting as brakes on jet aircraft are also covered in this rarely written about subject.
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It also flies three routes in the Midwest, under contract to Delta and Northwest, using 70-seat jet aircraft .
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September 4: Pioneering jet aircraft .
maintenance
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Applications of expert systems in aircraft maintenance include: 1.
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Bridge the expanding number of technologies used in aircraft maintenance 6.
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The reasons for using expert systems technology in aircraft maintenance are explained.
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Such systems offer scope to allow aircraft maintenance engineers to transfer between aircraft types more easily.
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All light aircraft maintenance workshops would most certainly have one for synchronizing and timing port and starboard magnetos on piston engines.
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More than that, the expert systems technology is the only vehicle that can integrate cost effectively different aspects of aircraft maintenance .
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Under such circumstances a substantial increase in aircraft maintenance workload prevails.
maker
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The aircraft maker had warned Wall Street earlier this week that it expected the loss because of production problems.
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Earlier, Kok said he wanted Daimler-Benz to contribute more to a rescue package for the aircraft maker .
transport
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The operation had not gone without hitches because adequate amphibious shipping and transport aircraft were not yet available.
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Airbus Military Company is also expected this week to receive new orders from Europea governments for 218 A400M military transport aircraft .
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There is an illusion of sitting high above the ground, almost as if it was a transport aircraft .
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Ventures have included flying tourists in transport aircraft .
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The Hercules transport aircraft is taking food and medicine to the besieged city of Sarajevo.
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Giant Hercules transport aircraft were touching down at Aldergrove Airport every few minutes.
■ VERB
fly
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He flew the fire-fighting aircraft based at Viseu.
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Only five pilots flew the aircraft .
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In March the manufacturer's test pilot flew the aircraft for its annual inspection check flight.
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No decision has been made regarding which type of aircraft she will fly .
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Powers flew the aircraft back to San Marcos on the rear Rotax.
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Carey Lohrenz, the F-14 Tomcat pilot whose grounding was the impetus for the probe, was unqualified to fly carrier-based aircraft .
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By this I mean large, fast circuits similar to those flown by a conventional aircraft .
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A person who is scared of ballooning will nearly always fly the aircraft on to the ground instead of making well held-off landings.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
model aircraft/train/car etc
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A model car doesn't have to contain all the elements of an internal combustion engine in order to work as a toy!
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Andrew has been prompted to make a model car like his dad's.
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Corgi sent a full range of their model cars, including Rolls Royces and Porsches.
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Genghis, assembled out of model car parts, weighed only 3. 6 pounds.
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I built model cars when I was younger.
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Loafers that looked more like model cars.
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Some people like model trains or football.
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The sum was raised at a model aircraft flying display that was all but washed out through appalling weather.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Acceleration two up, with half tanks, was smooth and sure and the aircraft left the ground at about 30 knots.
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Eventually a man from the tower arrived, and a little bus came to take us to the aircraft .
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I was supposed to be learning how to be an aircraft commander in an air-assault company.
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Officials fear glass bottles could break and injure visitors or, after the show, damage aircraft .
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Our aircraft was straight, steady, holding altitude, heading away from Hainan when the accident occurred.
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Some visiting aircraft engineers having arrived just to collect a specific part, spend hours just browsing through the stock.
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The aircraft was burning well and this, plus exploding ammunition, drove me out.
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The design and development of each aircraft is described in turn using contemporary film footage.