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The Wright brothers proved otherwise on December 17th 1903, making a series of short flights in a flimsy, single-propeller plane.
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Even landing in a propeller plane, as we did, is a jarring experience, when for an instant you feel your weight has quadrupled.
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In January, he ventured to a remote ranch on the edge of the Amazon to pick up a Cessna 206 propeller plane allegedly used to transport cocaine.
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Flying from New York to Melbourne in 1958, on a propeller plane, consumed more energy per person than my 2010 flight did, but it was "greener" nevertheless.
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Since Oct. 13, when a propeller plane crash in Papua New Guinea killed 28 passengers, nobody has died in an airliner, which is generally defined as a commercial, multi-engine airplane carrying 14 or more passengers.
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One of Wagstaff's signature moves is to use her plane's propeller to clip a ribbon that's stretched 22 feet above the runway while flying upside down.
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The general manager of Tribhuvan International Airport, Ratish Chandra Lal Suman, said in a statement that the plane, a twin-propeller Dornier, had struck a vulture soon after take-off.
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Opened in 1928, the plane simply rotates in a circle powered only by its noisy propeller.
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Officials said the plane suffered more damage than originally thought in the collision, including the propeller damage, and the loss of wing flaps and the air speed indicator.
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