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US
/ˈtɝboʊˌpɹɑp/
]
[ UK /tˈɜːbəpɹˌɒp/ ]
[ UK /tˈɜːbəpɹˌɒp/ ]
NOUN
- an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine
How To Use turboprop In A Sentence
- A high powered, single engine turboprop aircraft normally requires extensive rudder control by the pilot, and most trainee pilots graduate to jet aircraft where engine torque is not a factor.
- The Embraer 120 turboprop is equipped with twin propellers designed to spin at a constant speed.
- It was a Chinese Y - 12 twin-turboprop utility aircraft with accommodation for 17 passengers - unpressurised for extra discomfort.
- The turboprop aircraft, which has a 50-tonne payload capacity, is the only one of its kind in operation.
- This type of powerplant was ideal for lower performance aircraft that could substitute their piston engines for the turboprop.
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- Just spotted twin-engined aircraft, around thirty thousand feet-probably turboprop. NIMITZ CLASS
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- As we sped through 600 feet, the unmistakable sound of turboprops began to drown out our own aircraft's engine and rotor noise.
- Grumman E2A Hawkeye was a strange-looking aircraft, with twin turboprop engines, four vertical stabilizers (three of which were actually necessary for controlled flight, the remaining surface being added for appearance's sake), and a large, Bushnell, Brian L.