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rocket plane
rocket plane n. (a) an aircraft powered by a rocket engine; (b) an aircraft armed with rockets (rare).
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > with other types of engines
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > used in warfare > with specific armament
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1913 Flight 4 Jan. 22/1 A correspondent, Mr. L. F. Hutcheon, sends us particulars of some experiments he has recently been making with what he terms rocket-planes, i.e., a model aeroplane in which the ordinary rubber motor is replaced by a gunpowder one—in this case a rocket.
1928 Pop. Mech. Nov. 718/2 Valier has calculated that a rocket plane could be shot from Berlin to New York in ninety-three minutes.
1932 A. Huxley Brave New World iv. 70 The deeper drone of the rocket-planes hastening, invisible, through the bright sky five or six miles overhead.
1945 Daily Tel. 7 Aug. 1/6 R.A.F. shattered panzer counter-attack in Normandy. Rocket planes knocked out 35 tanks.
2007 Nature 30 Aug. 989/1 SpaceshipTwo is meant to extend the success into a business with a small fleet of rocketplanes that can each carry two pilots and six paying customers.
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