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lightplane

American  
[lahyt-pleyn] / ˈlaɪtˈpleɪn /

noun

  1. a lightweight passenger airplane with relatively limited performance capability.

Etymology

Origin of lightplane

First recorded in 1920–25; light 2 + (air)plane

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They answered his salute and stared after him as he climbed into the sailplane and signaled to the pilot of the lightplane which was to tow him into the air.

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

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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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