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Recent Examples of tilt-rotor
This is not the first time that an eVTOL has made such a transition flight with a pilot aboard, but the others by the likes of Beta Technologies and Wick Aero used aircraft with separate horizontal and vertical flight systems, while the S4 used a tilt-rotor system for both maneuvers.
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David Szondy, New Atlas, 29 Apr. 2025
In addition, Sikorsky says its RBW design also helps tail-sitter or tilt-rotor aircraft and similar vehicles have smoother transitions from hovering to slow horizontal flight to cruising speeds.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 10 Mar. 2025
By 2020, the design brief had morphed through a 12-rotor three-person contender called the Seraph to a tilt-rotor people carrier concept dubbed the VA-1X – which the company's Chief Engineer detailed in an interview shortly after the reveal.
—Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 19 July 2024
Abe has reaffirmed Noda’s plan to buy 42 F-35 fighters and has announced his intention to purchase 17 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft and 52 amphibious assault vehicles.
—Michael Auslin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2016
Meanwhile, Boeing has built the V-22 Osprey that uses tilt-rotors to achieve higher flight speeds, though that is bulky and designed for air combat.
—Umar Shakir, The Verge, 15 May 2024
House investigators have called on Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to explain problems with the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft and what the Pentagon is doing to ensure its safety following a series of crashes that have claimed dozens of service members’ lives.
—Doug Cameron, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2023
In addition, the aircraft sports 30 tilt-rotors and can fly at an elevation of 10,000 feet.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2023
Five other Marines were injured when the tilt-rotor plane went down with 23 personnel on board off the coast of Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory.
—Harold Maass, The Week, 27 Aug. 2023
David Szondy, New Atlas, 29 Apr. 2025
In addition, Sikorsky says its RBW design also helps tail-sitter or tilt-rotor aircraft and similar vehicles have smoother transitions from hovering to slow horizontal flight to cruising speeds.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 10 Mar. 2025
By 2020, the design brief had morphed through a 12-rotor three-person contender called the Seraph to a tilt-rotor people carrier concept dubbed the VA-1X – which the company's Chief Engineer detailed in an interview shortly after the reveal.
—Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 19 July 2024
Abe has reaffirmed Noda’s plan to buy 42 F-35 fighters and has announced his intention to purchase 17 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft and 52 amphibious assault vehicles.
—Michael Auslin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2016
Meanwhile, Boeing has built the V-22 Osprey that uses tilt-rotors to achieve higher flight speeds, though that is bulky and designed for air combat.
—Umar Shakir, The Verge, 15 May 2024
House investigators have called on Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to explain problems with the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft and what the Pentagon is doing to ensure its safety following a series of crashes that have claimed dozens of service members’ lives.
—Doug Cameron, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2023
In addition, the aircraft sports 30 tilt-rotors and can fly at an elevation of 10,000 feet.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2023
Five other Marines were injured when the tilt-rotor plane went down with 23 personnel on board off the coast of Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory.
—Harold Maass, The Week, 27 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tilt-rotor
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Two members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) died in a gyroplane crash near Sirkan, a city in the Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchistan, on Monday according to the Fars News Agency.—
Michael D. Carroll AND Maya Mehrara,
Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2024
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An 83-year-old woman was killed in a gyroplane plane crash Saturday in Napoleon Township, police said.—
Jalen Williams,
Detroit Free Press,
4 Aug. 2024
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The filmmaker walked on the wing of the biplane and also put on a diving suit to direct Cruise in a harrowing underwater submarine sequence.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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Reckoning Ending At the end of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Cruise manages to wrestle the AI key from Gabriel while the pair fight in the cockpit of a biplane.—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 May 2025
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The Army’s record had been set by a five-man crew flying a trimotor monoplane with the financial backing of the War Department.—
Richard Selcer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Mar. 2024
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Four years later, father and son took their first flight together in Warren, where a Ford trimotor was offering short trips to the public.—
Jamie Turner,
cleveland.com,
16 July 2019
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The mission will have a drone-like rotorcraft tour Titan to analyze what’s on its surface.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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During the mission, a rotorcraft will fly to a new location every Titan day (16 Earth days) to take samples of the organic compounds on its surface, search for chemical biosignatures and investigate the moon’s active methane cycle.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Seaborne, which operates a seaplane service in the U.S. Virgin Islands, is also flying under court protection.—
David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
17 May 2025
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The tag features palm trees, a parrot, sandals on the beach and a seaplane floating in the waters amid a sunset.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 May 2025
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The first that went into mass production was the autogiro, developed in 1923 by Juan de la Cierva in Spain.—
Edward C. Smith,
Discover Magazine,
18 July 2024
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In 1938, Congress approved legislation intended to rescue the autogiro industry.—
Alice George,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 Jan. 2023
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Towards the nose, there's a front triplane wing, and a large S-duct with adaptive flaps built into the carbon fiber front hood to help things along.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
18 Oct. 2024
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Exhibits include fi rearms, artillery pieces, uniforms, armored vehicles, and even a Fokker triplane.—
Smithsonian,
Smithsonian,
26 May 2017
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Extend your adventure: The Schramm Education Center has aquariums and exhibits with more than 60 species of freshwater fish, invertebrates, reptiles, and amphibians found in Nebraska.—
Brian Higgins,
Outside Online,
20 May 2025
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Now, the amphibians’ only remaining natural habitat is a series of canals in Lake Xochimilco.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 May 2025
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“Tilt-rotor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tilt-rotor. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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