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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

The superjet has three inertial-navigation systems—the same sort that has guided Apollo flights—lest one, or even two, should fail.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the Chicago-L.A. run, it is giving Boeing's 747 its first superjet competition.

From Time Magazine Archive

I took a superjet out there. had no trouble posing as a historian entitled to the facts.

From Back to Julie by Wilson, Richard

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