airplane

n. aeroplane, jet plane

Airplane! is an American comedy film, first released on 27 June, 1980, produced, directed, and written by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker. Airplane! starred Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Lorna Patterson. For release in Australia and the Philippines, Airplane! was re-titled as Flying High. The title "Airplane!" was used for the UK release, even though "Aeroplane!" would be the correct British English spelling.
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A fixed-wing aircraft is a heavier-than-air craft where movement of the wings in relation to the aircraft is not used to generate lift. The term is used to distinguish from rotary-wing aircraft, or ornithopters, where the movement of the wing surfaces relative to the aircraft generates lift. Fixed-wing aircraft are called airplanes in North America (the U.S. and Canada), and aeroplanes in Commonwealth countries and Ireland (excluding Canada). These terms are derived from Greek αέρας (aéras-) ("air") and -plane.''
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(See also Aircraft, Airframe, Airship) An engine-driven fixed-wing aircraft heavier than air, that is supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of the air against its wings. (14CFR1)

Noun
1. an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane"
(synonym) aeroplane, plane
(hypernym) heavier-than-air craft
(hyponym) airliner
(part-meronym) accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, gas, throttle, gun
(class) astern