Sentence examples for capable aircraft from inspiring English sources

Although the C-141 Starlifter was being introduced, they believed that a much larger and more capable aircraft was needed, especially the capability to carry outsized cargo that would not fit in any existing aircraft.

EADS clearly offers the more capable aircraft.

It is a safe and capable aircraft that will replace helicopters built more than 30 years ago using midcentury technology.

Although a far more capable aircraft than those it is replacing, it may not be useful enough for long enough to justify the size of the planned order.

In a statement, the Air Force said the report, "fails to recognize the critical and significant operational and maintenance advantages gained by obtaining a more capable aircraft five years earlier than by purchasing".

All the allies want to avoid civilian casualties, if they possibly can, but few Europeans have the most capable aircraft and only Britain has high-tech, accurate cruise missiles (and precious few of them).

They required an 18 20 seat STOL-capable aircraft with operating capabilities which included a high service ceiling, high rate of climb and high manoeuvrability.

The B-3, as it is likely to be named, will be a nuclear-capable aircraft designed to penetrate the most sophisticated air defences.

With more than 40,000 troops and some 300 combat-capable aircraft, the Luftwaffe demonstrated that German air power remained a potent force through its participation in NATO missions in Kosovo (1998 99) and Afghanistan (2001 14).

It is Beijing's way of countering the dominance of America's surface fleet based upon highly-capable aircraft carrier battle groups.

To conform with SALT II Treaty requirements that cruise missile-capable aircraft be readily identifiable by reconnaissance satellites, the cruise missile armed B-52Gs were modified with a distinctive wing root fairing.