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Skybus U.S.|ˈskaɪbʌs|
Also skybus, sky bus.
[sky n.1]
1. The proprietary name of a regular air service for which passengers need not book in advance. Cf. skytrain 2.
1945Aviation Feb. 132 Douglas Skybus. Designed for feeder line operations, seating 24 passengers. 1966Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 8 Feb. TM 65/1 New York Airways, Inc... Skybus for air service for passengers, mail, and freight. First use Oct. 15, 1952. 1972Times 28 Sept. 1/1 Trans International Airlines today proposed to the Civil Aeronautics Board a daily New York to London ‘sky bus’ service at a fare of $75. 1977Time 10 Oct. 5/1 Trans International Airlines..borrowed a leaf from Laker's book and last month proposed a ‘Skybus’ service from the U.S. to Tokyo and Hong Kong.
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1966Daily Tel. 21 Apr. 16/4 (caption) In Pittsburgh..tests are being carried out with a Skybus... The bus itself is a lightweight aluminium car with light rubber wheels, which run on two small concrete rails. It picks up current from a centre beam. 1967Guardian 2 Feb. 3/3 Westinghouse Electric Corporation, of Pittsburgh..have developed a driverless ‘skybus’ for the US Government... The skybus is a cross between a bus and a train and can run in tunnels, on the ground, or elevated. |