1944 7 Feb. 38/3 (heading) Jet Airliners Seen Ten Years Distant... Jet propulsion will make progress but will not be in common use for airliners in less than ten years, a leading British aircraft designer believes.
1959 2 Mar. 16/4 The new large jet airliners are probably as fast, and can fly as high, as most jet bombers now in service.
2002 15 Oct. ii. 9/2 Flying a jet airliner was the most challenging thing that I'd encountered.