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1845 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. May 475/1 An intellectual railroad or turnpike, air-craft, or water-craft, were an improvement which we have not even the hope of living to see effected.

1849 J. Wise in Sci. Amer. 13 Oct. 27/1 The air craft has but one medium, the water craft has two.

1866 G. A. Townsend Campaigns Non-combatant xi. 117 As all looked agape, the air-craft ‘plunged, and tacked, and veered’, and drifted rapidly towards the Federal lines.

1876 C. B. Mansfield Aerial Navigation 2 Air-craft seems an appropriate term for the whole apparatus, including boat and gas vessel, or car and balloon.

1903 Aeronaut. Jrnl. 7 81/1 His world-famed aircrafts.

1909 Daily Chron. 26 Feb. 1/2 The vast commercial possibilities that the manufacture and world-wide use of air craft offer.

1910 Daily Mail 27 May 6/1 The three types of aircraft—the balloon, the airship, and the aeroplane.

1915 Whitaker's Almanack 465/1 Sixteen German aircraft attempted to fly over the English Channel.

1933 Aeroplane 19 July 124/2 The Air Council will do well to make a note of the fact that the word ‘aircraft’, which they allow their subordinates to use in the limited sense of the word ‘aeroplane’, covers 23 classes of air vehicles.

1936 Discovery Aug. 238/1 Like all mapping cameras it is installed in the aircraft on a mount.

1946 Congress. Digest May 154/2 ‘Drone’ aircraft—they are unmanned, radio controlled.

1965 Ebony May 26/1 Wilks has roamed the coasts of the U.S. in all types of aircraft, including helicopters and Albatrosses (amphibious planes).

1991 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 28 Mar. 47/1 The forestry patrols had a handful of helicopters and aircraft.

2006 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 12 Mar. i. 12/5 Its small fleet of aircraft..range from giant C-130 cargo planes to eight-seat Gulfstream and Learjet executive jets.

1917 J. Leyland Achievement Brit. Navy in World War 37 Almost every kind of vessel employed in naval warfare has been used in one or other of these operations—the battleship, cruise,..aeroplane, aircraft-carrier, [etc.].

1940 E. C. Shepherd Britain's Air Power 12 The latest aircraft carriers can carry many aeroplanes.

1991 Nation (N.Y.) 15 July 131/2 Pilots on aircraft carriers were shown porn movies before they took off on their bombing missions over Iraq.

1919 Times 24 Apr. 6/1 The employment of the small aircraft carriers originated the practice, since largely developed, of carrying aircraft in men-of-war, in lighters, and in special large aircraft-carrying ships.

1925 Jane's All World's Aircraft a. 10a/1 The following are the aircraft-carrying ships owned by the British Navy.

1993 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 14 Oct. 17 The Royal Navy will need to replace several of its larger, aircraft-carrying ships by the end of the century.

1943 Berkshire County Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) 30 Jan. 5/4 The proportion of aircraft grade lumber that can be obtained from Douglas fir lumber is lower than preliminary estimates.

1960 Daily Independent (Monessen, Pa.) 7 June 10 (advt.) Made of strong aircraft grade aluminum.

2001 Automobile Mag. Nov. 104/3 We use only aircraft-grade materials..none of that hardware-store stuff.

1919 Times 2 Aug. 4/2 Applicable to the following trades and occupations:—Aircraft hand (batman, G., P.T.I., G.I.).

1951 ‘N. Shute’ Round Bend i. 16 I got to know about Syrian and Iraqi and Egyptian aircraft hands.

2004 A. Levy Small Island xxxv. 345 We were both channelled as aircrafthands, known to everyone as erks. Ground crew. Options given were airframes or engines. Frank chose frames so I took engines.

1919 Times 8 Mar. 12/4 First-class aircraftsman F. J. Tanswell.

1921 King's Regs. R.A.F. 8 The ranks of Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and men of the Royal Air Force..are as follows..Non-Commissioned Officers. Flight Sergeant. Sergeant. Corporal. Men in the Ranks. Leading Aircraftman. Aircraftman.

1943 C. H. Ward-Jackson It's a Piece of Cake 10 A/C Plonk, Aircraftman 2nd Class.

2006 Evening Post (Nottingham) (Nexis) 5 July 17 Aircraftman Prentice is now posted to II Squadron, RAF Regiment, based at RAF Honington in Suffolk, where he will undergo further training.

1950 San Mateo (Calif.) Times 12 Apr. 1/3 An airplane was stolen here last night while its pilot and a passenger were eating in the airport cafe. The bold aircraft piracy followed by three days the theft of a 50-foot..boat.

1961 U.S. Statutes at Large 75 466 Whoever commits or attempts to commit aircraft piracy..should be punished by death..or by imprisonment for not less than twenty years.

1979 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 73 685 Appellants were convicted on charges of aircraft piracy resulting in a death, and conspiracy to commit aircraft piracy.

2006 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 20 Nov. b6 He was unwilling to spend the rest of his life in prison for aircraft piracy and kidnapping.

1942 Lima (Ohio) News 1 Jan. Broad fenders..and massive bumpers are the vogue. An aircraft style air scoop is located beneath.

2001 Maritime Reporter & Engin. News Sept. 14/4 This sleek, smooth power catamaran features comfortable, aircraft-style seating and large windows.

1939 Times 11 Sept. 5/6 Airwomen..will receive 2s. 2d. a day on entering, 2s. 8d. a day when mustered as aircraftwomen first class.

1941 J. A. Hammerton ABC of RAF 53/1 Aircraftwomen 2nd class.

1994 Daily Tel. 26 Aug. 7/7 A romantic friendship with a non-commissioned aircraftswoman might have brought him true love but convention prevented their marriage.