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skytrain|ˈskaɪtreɪn|
Also with hyphen and as two words.
[sky n.1]
1. U.S. A convoy consisting of a number of gliders towed in line by an aeroplane, and used for the transport of freight, etc. and in Mil. applications. (temporary.)
1934Sun (Baltimore) 4 Aug. 4/2 Glider lands from air⁓mail ‘train’ in pioneer flight... Lustig sky trains. 1935Evening Sun (Baltimore) 14 May 1/7 The sky-train..—two gliders towed by an airplane—took off at Miami on its one-stop flight under perfect weather conditions. 1944C. Milburn Diary 18 June (1979) 221 Wounded men..are evacuated from Normandy by ‘sky trains’, which carry a flight nurse and two medical officers. 1946A. Lee German Air Force xii. 165 The fighter units in Western Germany..carried out only one or two thrusts against the long sky train of tempting Dakotas and their gliders.
2. Skytrain. Also skytrain. The name of a privately-owned passenger air service seeking to provide regular, low-cost, transatlantic travel facilities. (No longer in operation.)
A proprietary name in the U.S.
1971Daily Tel. 20 Oct. 2/6 Laker Airways applied yesterday..for permission to operate a ‘sky train’ service to New York for a winter single fare of {pstlg}32.50 per passenger. 1972Ibid. 27 Sept. 1 Mr Freddy Laker..said last night: ‘Skytrain is a walk on, walk off, no frills, no reservation service similar to a train service.’ 1977Arab Times 14 Dec. 6/2 Freddie Laker, creator of the cut-rate London-New York Skytrain air service, said Monday his airline has applied to operate a similar Skytrain service between London and Los Angeles. 1978Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 23 May 345/2 Laker Airways Limited..Skytrain..For air passenger services—namely, the transportation of passengers by air. |