single-engine aircraft

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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 ofaircraftfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Who has ever heard of asingle-engineaircraftbeing safer than a twin-engine one?
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The key question is whether the rules designed to govern the operation of commercial aircraft will be adequate for operating simpler and smaller, oftensingle-engineaircraft.
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At that time there were 49single-engineaircraftbased at this airport.
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Insingle-engineaircraftit is the part of the fuselage that separates the engine compartment from the cockpit.
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In the early 1970s, the market was not yet ready for a turboprop-poweredsingle-engineaircraft, and the company failed.
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Single-engineaircraftwill normally reject any takeoff after an engine failure, regardless of speed, as there is no power available to continue the takeoff.
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At the time, it was almost entirely used by privately owned small, light,single-engineaircraft.
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The airport is not available for use bysingle-engineaircraftor helicopters; recreational flights and single-pilot operations are also not permitted.
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Somesingle-engineaircraftuse capacitive probes in the fuel tanks.
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For those times, these were respectable performance figures for asingle-engineaircraft.
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At that time there were twosingle-engineaircraftbased at this airport.
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After primary training, pilots were selected to train on multi-engine aircraft orsingle-engineaircraft.
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He tactfully suggested a transfer to asingle-engineaircrafttype with a closed cockpit would improve his condition.
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Commercial jets can reach up to 955 km/h,single-engineaircraft555 km/h.
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