lightplane

[lahyt-pleyn] /ˈlaɪtˈpleɪn/

noun

a lightweight passenger airplane with relatively limited performance capability.

Origin of lightplane

1920-1925

First recorded in 1920-25; light² + (air)plane

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They had cut away from the lightplane and Joe headed for the area which Cogswell had ordered him particularly to keep scanned.

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Joe kept it at an altitude of about six feet until the lightplane was air-borne.

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