10 sentences with 'aircraft'
Example sentences and phrases with the word aircraft and other words derived from it.
• « And then came the long-awaited moment: a 727 aircraft landed and three characters stepped out of the pages of a book written 42 years earlier. »
• « More than 1,300 German aircraft attacked Poland at once in the first stage of the invasion, and Poland capitulated in October, with its government fleeing into exile in London. »
• « The resulting months of combat in the skies became known as the Battle of Britain. It was the "greatest" series of air battles ever fought, lasting from July to September 1940, with thousands of aircraft fighting in the skies day and night. »
• « Most importantly, British factories produced twice as many new aircraft as German factories during the war. Thus, the British Royal Air Force was able to counter German attacks with new, effective fighters and increasingly experienced pilots. »
• « Most of the 700 employees alternate two weeks on and two weeks off work, and they travel the 2,200 kilometres to Perth by chartered light aircraft. It is the longest commute in the world (the same distance as London to Moscow), yet the company receives hundreds of job applications a month. »
• « Talking to the training manager of a major aircraft manufacturer, I asked him how he knew who was going to be a good worker, and he replied that he looked at the shoes of the new employees. »
• « Many smiled when aircraft captain Tim Lancaster announced: "It's very hot in Malaga. Settle into your seats and enjoy the flight". »
• « Cabin crew chief John Heward, 37, was serving tea in row five. He ran to the front of the aircraft to join purser Ogden in the crowded cockpit. »
• « Co-pilot Atchison levelled the aircraft at 3000 metres altitude. He slowed the aircraft as much as he could, hoping that would help Ogden and Heward get the captain back into the cockpit. But although jet 111 was close to minimum lift speed, at 275 kilometres per hour (150 knots), they were unable to move him. »
• « The same company also shipped civilian helicopters from Germany to Spain and Austria, where they were converted into military aircraft and re-shipped to Iraq. The company is adamant that it was not aware of the evil transformation of these helicopters, even though it owned 11 percent of the Spanish company that was involved in the work. »