lightplane

[ lahyt-pleyn ]
/ ˈlaɪtˈpleɪn /

noun

a lightweight passenger airplane with relatively limited performance capability.

Origin of lightplane

First recorded in 1920–25; light2 + (air)plane

Words nearby lightplane

lightning chess, lightning conductor, lightning never strikes twice in the same place, lightning rod, lightning stroke, lightplane, lightproof, lights, lights out, lightsaber, lightship

Example sentences from the Web for lightplane

  • Joe kept it at an altitude of about six feet until the lightplane was air-borne.

    Frigid Fracas |Dallas McCord Reynolds

  • They had cut away from the lightplane and Joe headed for the area which Cogswell had ordered him particularly to keep scanned.

    Frigid Fracas |Dallas McCord Reynolds