noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
jet fighter/aircraft/airliner
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a squadron of F-6 jet fighter aircraft
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
civilian
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For reasons not fully explained, the military pilot had decided to close in on the civilian airliner .
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Pilots reported 23 near collisions between military aircraft and civilian airliners in 1990, but 14 in 1995.
commercial
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For a concrete example, consider again the commercial airliner industry.
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Corinth products find homes in a wide variety of government space and aircraft systems instead of on commercial airliners .
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Escapade basically provides the experience of taking off and landing a commercial airliner , aboard Britannia's 737 flight simulator.
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Accounts by military and civilian air-traffic officials agreed the commercial airliner had received proper permission to traverse the zone.
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Another factor here has been the slow but invaluable installation of Traffic Collision Avoidance System radar in commercial airliners .
■ NOUN
jet
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The plant produced the world's first jet airliner , the Comet.
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It is more akin to the toilet found on a modern jet airliner , with the addition of spring-loaded thigh restraints!
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Manufacturers of the world's quietest jet airliner the BAe 146.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For a concrete example, consider again the commercial airliner industry.
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For reasons not fully explained, the military pilot had decided to close in on the civilian airliner .
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He knew the airliner would be turning right at the end of the runway and that he would be turning left.
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He said Boeing offered a freighter version of its 747-400 airliner for between $ 165 million and $ 170 million.
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Launching a new airliner is a complicated business.
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Pilots reported 23 near collisions between military aircraft and civilian airliners in 1990, but 14 in 1995.
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The ability to fly is a property of an airliner that we specify in advance.
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The plant produced the world's first jet airliner , the Comet.