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It is still the 777 
A plane is a carpentry tool with an adjustable blade, used to make surfaces of wood smooth.
An aircraft is what you will be taking to CPT.
A capital is a big letter that you use to start a written sentence with.
A plane is a carpentry tool with an adjustable blade, used to make surfaces of wood smooth.
An aircraft is what you will be taking to CPT.
A capital is a big letter that you use to start a written sentence with.
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An aircraft is what you will be taking to CPT.
An aircraft scopes in aeroplanes, gliders, motorgliders, self launching motor gliders, vectored thrust craft, helicopters, gyroplanes, hovercraft, tethered balloons, free balloons, airships, paramotors, microlights etc....
If you're going to be pedantic, get your facts straight first.
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I recently contacted the BBC News site about their use of the term "airplane" in an article about air-rage. I suggested they use "aeroplane" or "aircraft" (I prefer "aircraft").
They changed it!
They changed it!
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And an aeroplane includes: gliders, motorgliders, self launching motor gliders, vectored thrust craft, helicopters, gyroplanes, hovercraft, paramotors, microlights, kites etc.... (ie. heavier than air flying machines)
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I beg to differ and so does the Oxford Dictionary, which says that an aeroplane is
So I agree that SLMG and microlights are aeroplanes and possibly some kites could be, but the others you mention are definitely flying machines or aircraft
BTW, when I said vectored thrust craft, I was thinking Flying Bedstead, rather than Harrier (which is clearly an aeroplane with unusual capability)
I beg to differ and so does the Oxford Dictionary, which says that an aeroplane is
a powered flying vehicle with fixed wings and a weight greater than that of the air it displaces.
BTW, when I said vectored thrust craft, I was thinking Flying Bedstead, rather than Harrier (which is clearly an aeroplane with unusual capability)
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Why do people on PPRuNe usually abbreviate the word 'aeroplane' to AC
Because we call it an aircraft as well! But I suspect that we are so used to using it as an abbreviation at work that we use it on here too.
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I've never heard anybody at the operational end of the industry (except brand-new crew) call it anything other than an aircraft, abbreviated to AC or A/C on paperwork and computer screens.
Now I know that I'm wrong, I have no intention of changing!!!
Now I know that I'm wrong, I have no intention of changing!!!
