Sentence examples for preferred aircraft from inspiring English sources

The preferred aircraft was a single-engine, lightweight single-seater, embracing fly-by-wire technology, canards, and an aerodynamically unstable design.

Perhaps he really does think all good Christians would prefer aircraft carriers to dignity for such people.

However, some contenders say that Japan is ambiguous about whether it prefers an aircraft with a defence or a strike role, or both.

This kind of partnership proved particularly important for nationalized airlines that preferred to purchase aircraft whose construction involved, at least in some way, their own domestic aerospace industry.

With such gold-plated backing, the Americans assumed that China's government-owned national and regional airlines would buy their planes.But the airlines, represented by a rival ministry, preferred to buy their aircraft direct from Airbus and Boeing, which were cheaper and offered the bureaucrats "factory tours", mostly to Disneyland.

He was less than impressed with this expensive and under-performing aircraft, preferring the Boeing B-50 Superfortress, an upgraded version of the B-29 instead.

"There's always going to be a human crew controlling the aeroplane," he said, explaining why he preferred the term 'remotely piloted aircraft' to 'drone'drone

The Type 94 pistol was designed for, and popular among, Japanese tank and aircraft crews who preferred a smaller, lightweight design.

The U.S. preferred to spend limited funds on aircraft carriers until the.

Swiss aircraft also intercepted U.S. aircraft who were off-course, or whose crews preferred asylum in Swiss internment camps over German or Italian POW camps; they were then forced to land on Swiss airstrips.

The latter two, however, were unimpressed with the long-range variant, preferring a shorter-range aircraft, which was better suited to their route structure.