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rocket plane
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rocket plane
n.
1. An aircraft powered by one or more rocket engines.
2. An aircraft designed to carry and launch rockets.
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The Cessna 210A in which Crossfield died was a puny flying machine compared with the rocket-powered aircraft he flew as a test pilot.
FAMED TEST PILOT CROSSFIELD DIES IN GEORGIA PLANE CRASH by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Rutan is scheduled to fly XCOR's EZ-Rocket aircraft on Saturday from the Mojave Airport to the California City Airport, setting a point-to-point record for a rocket-powered aircraft.
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