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• n  a mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water

• By increasing the pitch of propeller blades bigger bites are possible, but wind-tunnel experiments have indicated that any propeller's effectiveness reaches a limit when the .
• But airlines' changing dynamics mean that you are going to be seeing more propellers from your window seat.
• Designers of airplane propellers used to weep into their blueprints every time a jet plane roared over the plant.

• propellor

News & Articles

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• Daring immigrant found in precarious position
  Spanish police arrested a man Monday who was found crouching over the rear propeller of a ferry.
  June 10, 2013 - ABC 7 Gulfshore News
• Bedford man in stable condition after Lake Monroe boating accident
  BLOOMINGTON — A Bedford man who suffered serious injuries from the propeller of his boat in an accident on Lake Monroe Wednesday evening is in stable condition. He was in the ...
  June 7, 2013 - Bedford Times-Mail
• Keeping hobbyists happy: Cobblestone Crafts and Hobbies helps people create and pursue their passions
  There is no typical customer in the hobby business. Everyone’s after something different, whether it’s a replacement part for a radio-controlled car, a fix on a model airplane propeller or a storefront to buy the newest release of a card game. But almost all who frequent Bob and Rosemary Harvey’s store on East Lakewood Boulevard are friends.
  June 7, 2013 - The Holland Sentinel

Quotes

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• Bruce Bochy in San Jose Mercury News
  This one throws a lot of the propeller heads off,Giants Manager Bruce Bochy said. "They're obviously doing some things right to make up for their run deficiency."
• Joe Tripodi in Kalgoorlie Golden Mail
  It's good news about the state of the ship,Mr Tripodi said. "There's a breach in the hull and creases on both sides of the ship and also the rudder is broken and the propeller is damaged but I'm told she's structurally sound. The salvage...
• Chris Gregoire in Seattle Times
  The last time my state needed jobs this badly, Boeing was building the propeller-driven 247airliner (in the 1930s), Gregoire said. "It's time for that tanker to be built in America."