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superjet

American  
[soo-per-jet] / ˈsu pərˌdʒɛt /

noun

  1. a jet aircraft, especially a large one, capable of supersonic flight.


Etymology

Origin of superjet

First recorded in 1960–65; super- + jet 1


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In May 2019 an Aeroflot Sukhoi superjet crashed and caught fire on a Moscow runway killing 41 people.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2021

United Aircraft Corp will push its Sukhoi 100 superjet, and also has high hopes for its mid-sized airliner, the MC-21/MS-21.

From Reuters ● Jun. 21, 2011

Winning by Losing Congress is moving belatedly to supply funds to equip the nation's airways and airports for the superjet age, and most of the load will fall squarely on the air traveler.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bill's chief weakness in going after the job was that he had never flown a jet plane, and the rocket-pushed Skyrocket was a sort of superjet.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Trouble?" asked Bud, who had just dropped into the office with some flight-test data on a new Swift superjet.

From Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung by Charles Brey

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