twin-engine
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of twin-engine
First recorded in 1930–35
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Earhart had already successfully flown from California across South America, Africa and Asia in her Electra twin-engine plane when she arrived in Lae, Papua New Guinea on 2 July 1937.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
The twin-engine plane’s powerful jet blast sent beachgoers scrambling as sand, umbrellas and chairs were whipped through the air in the Florida community of Pensacola Beach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
When Sam was 10, Tim took him in the air for the first time, flying a small twin-engine Duchess from Savannah to Charleston, S.C., for a lunch outing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
Saturday that a twin-engine Beechcraft with three people aboard had crashed about 200 to 300 yards offshore, near the historic Point Pinos Lighthouse in Pacific Grove, the Coast Guard said in a news release Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2025
A twin-engine plane crashed in the umber folds of the Adirondacks.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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