The phrase
"jumbo jet" refers to a type of very large airplane, specifically the Boeing 747, which can carry a lot of passengers or cargo over long distances.
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Sentences with «jumbo jet»
- But ethanol will not work for the larger jumbo jets in commercial aviation because it does not pack enough power per gallon. (scientificamerican.com)
- In fact, as this great video shows at the end, flying is cheaper than ever, half of what it cost thirty years ago, when they were already flying jumbo jets. (treehugger.com)
- Around that time, he had already noted rough estimates of how many jumbo jets full of sulfur compounds would be required each year to counteract global warming. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
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