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rocket planes

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plural of rocket plane

as in aerospace planes

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An engine fan blade could cost $50,000 or even more than $100,000 for bigger jets, Goodson said.

— Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026
The site also manufactures engines for helicopters, business jets and general aviation aircraft — specifically those from the PT6, PW200, PW500/600 and PW800 families.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of jets

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First developed during the Cold War to counter American strategic bombers, the Tu-160 remains the largest and heaviest combat aircraft ever built, the fastest operational bomber in the world, and one of the most heavily armed aircraft ever placed into service.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 June 2026
Neither Diego Garcia nor Fairford, the key forward operating base for US strategic bombers in Europe, was used in last June’s one-time B-2 bomber strike on Iranian nuclear sites.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026

Definition of bombers

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Air Force investigators noted that no other aircraft were expected in the area but acknowledged that the radar contact may have disappeared because of the bomber's change in direction.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
But trying to do both, operate as a car and an aircraft, faces many basic engineering problems, said Roger Connor, curator of the vertical flight collection at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.

— Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026

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