manned aircraft

collocation in English

meaningsofmanandaircraft

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man
noun
uk
/mæn/us
/mæn/
an adult male ...
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aircraft
noun[C]
uk
/ˈeə.krɑːft/us
/ˈer.kræft/
any vehicle, with or without an engine, that can fly, such as a plane ...
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(Definition ofmanandaircraftfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We are told thatmannedaircraftare a thing of the past.
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We will requiremannedaircraftfor as far ahead as we can see, and perhaps even further.
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The advance of technology does not necessarily mean an advance in the field ofmannedaircraft.
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For us, with our worldwide commitments and limited finances, themannedaircrafthas, through its multiplicity of function, an overwhelming advantage.
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This is all the more serious because a reduction in orders formannedaircraftwill affect the engineering industry generally.
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There is too much dependence on rockets and too little dependence onmannedaircraft.
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We have to accept thatmannedaircraftwill be increasingly vulnerable to improving air defences.
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The fact remains that it is our view that many tasks will have to be performed bymannedaircraft.
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When is the new generation of aircraft carriers to be authorised or is it believed thatmannedaircrafthas a comparatively short life?
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Only a year or so ago authoritative persons forecast the near end ofmannedaircraft.
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This is the big vested interest behind the idea that we can continue to usemannedaircraftin the nuclear age.
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Do not let us underrate the importance ofmannedaircraft.
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Does he accept that his version of the problems ofmannedaircraftis more likely to be correct?
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Those agents could be delivered by all sorts of other means, includingmannedaircraftand many others.
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We do not take the view that the use ofmannedaircraftwill necessarily end in the ten years ahead.
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One is through the use of remotely piloted vehicles and the other is through the use of airborne radars inmannedaircraft.
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There has been a good deal of discussion on the major issue of the future ofmannedaircraft.
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And what in future is to be the rôle ofmannedaircraftand their pilots?
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I have already referred to the problems of improving the aircraft defences with whichmannedaircraftwill have to deal.
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What type ofmannedaircraftthere should be depends entirely upon the rôle we have to play.
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