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  • noun Plural form of turboprop.

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Examples

  • This will include cutting more than 250 small domestic aircraft such as turboprops, 50-seat jets and DC9s and adding 100 newer MD90s and two-class regionals.

    unknown title 2011

  • This will include cutting more than 250 small domestic aircraft such as turboprops, 50-seat jets and DC9s and adding 100 newer MD90s and two-class regionals.

    unknown title 2011

  • This will include cutting more than 250 small domestic aircraft such as turboprops, 50-seat jets and DC9s and adding 100 newer MD90s and two-class regionals.

    unknown title 2011

  • Reuters Bombardier actively hedges its currency exposure and has also taken measures to improve its productivity, including a complete overhaul of its Toronto plant, where it builds Q400 turboprops, like the one above.

    Loonie Hinders Canadian Firms Don Curren 2011

  • Bombardier Inc., the world's third-largest aircraft framer behind Boeing Co. and Airbus, actively hedges its currency exposure, but it has also taken measures to improve its productivity, including a complete overhaul of its Toronto plant, where it builds the Q400 turboprops and the Global family of business jets.

    Loonie Hinders Canadian Firms Don Curren 2011

  • Historically, turboprops "always have had more accidents than jets," James Burin, the foundation's director of technical programs, told the conference, so 2010 "has been a very good year for turboprops"

    Experts Report Gains in Turboprop Safety Andy Pasztor 2010

  • Through the first 10 months of 2010, the foundation listed 15 major accidents involving turboprops flown by airlines, versus 17 major jetliner crashes.

    Experts Report Gains in Turboprop Safety Andy Pasztor 2010

  • A unit of the company also plans to acquire a maker of small turboprops, U.S.-based Cirrus Industries Inc., in anticipation of that market soaring when more military airspace is opened up to private and commercial flying.

    China Takes the Aviation Stage Doug Cameron 2011

  • And in my time, we have replaced our propellers with turboprops and our turboprops with jet engines.

    In the Plex Steven Levy 2011

  • The order backlog for its Q400 turboprops fell to 13 months in the fourth quarter from 16 months at the end of the previous quarter, while its CRJ backlog stands at 23 months, down from 33 months.

    Bombardier Net Jumps 82%, Sees Pick Up in Business-Jet Orders Judy McKinnon 2011

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