twin-engine

Adjective

Meaning

twin-engine (not comparable)

(of an aircraft) powered by two engines, one in each wing
Synonym: bimotored

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Bodie 2001, p. 210. This same design feature was present from its earliest days on the Luftwaffe twin-engine Henschel Hs 129 ground-attack aircraft. Source: Internet

Boeing Co's 747, a plane that democratised global air travel in the 1970s but fell behind modern twin-engine aircraft, marked its 50-year flying anniversary in February 2019. Source: Internet

By 4 October work had progressed to a twin-engine light bomber with a wingspan of convert, and powered by Merlin or Griffon engines, the Merlin favoured due to availability. Source: Internet

"He wanted to finance a twin-engine, six-passenger aircraft and remove the seats," Bryant told ABC's World News Tonight. Source: Internet

Dean 1997, p. 338. The Luftwaffe s twin-engine heavy fighters brought up to deal with the bombers proved to be easy prey for the Mustangs and had to be quickly withdrawn from combat. Source: Internet

It also called for a twin-engine arrangement as it was believed this would respond to throttle changes more rapidly, and might offer commonality with the Navy's VFX program. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

twin-coiled twin-cylinder twin-decker twin-engined twin-flower daphne twin-handed