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• n  an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine

• In September 2007, shortly after PTI ran a story about the apparently successful return of speedy turboprop planes for short commuter flights, the manufacturer of the Q400, the .
• As he stepped from his Ilyushin-18 turboprop at Prague's airport, pretty girls in Moravian and Bohemian costumes pressed bouquets of carnations into his arms.
• Bombardier's deliveries of its Q Series turboprop (Q stands for quiet) were up 71% last year.

• propjet
• turbo-propeller plane

News & Articles

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• India's Avro replacement fails to lift off
  BANGALORE, India, June 21 (UPI) -- India's plan to replace its aged Avro turboprop general purpose airliner with an off-the-shelf foreign-designed but Indian-made product looks highly unlikely, DefenseNews.com reported.
  June 21, 2013 - UPI
• Alaska Airlines Clarifies Boarding Procedure for New Turboprop Planes
  After the switch to turboprop aircraft for the route between Fairbanks and Anchorage in 2014, passengers will continue to board through security-screened gates at Fairbanks International Airport.
  June 19, 2013 - KTVA Anchorage
• Arik Air Inks Firm Agreement for Three CRJ1000 NextGen Regional Jets and Four Q400 NextGen Turboprop Airliners
  Bombardier Aerospace announced today that Lagos-based Arik Air has signed a firm contract to acquire three CRJ1000 NextGen aircraft and four Q400 NextGen turboprop airliners.
  June 19, 2013 - Marketwired via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Brian Tobin in CBC.ca
  TESG serves customers on five continents including across North America. This capability expansion allows TESG to serve existing customers better and to grow the business. Larger PT6A turboprop engines power twenty-nine aircraft models that we have... Glenn http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNErmrlxQnvsKxMArOnLMjD1-fuoRg Helicopter Association International http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.rotor.com/Default.aspx%3Ftabid%3D510%26newsid905%3D59540&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEKUUd_5lSaVqiKSMcAYTvLzVN3og Sep 2, 2008 102585 136208 turbot We're down now finally to one last, lonely, unloved, unattractive little turbot clinging on by its fingernails to the Grand Banks of Newfoundland," Tobin said at the time.