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plural Caravelles
A type of twin-engine jet that was the first medium-haul modern jet airplane. quotations examples
After much consideration, Friedkin decided not to purchase the Caravelles.
2010, Alan Renga, Mark E. Mentges, Pacific Southwest Airlines
The airline has bought 4 Caravelles from Swissair, and they are very nice aircraft and are far superior to the previous planes they had.
2012, David Chance, Around the World in 80 Years, page 559
The Comet disasters gave all the more prestige to Air France when in 1959 it began flying its elegant jet the Caravelle, through Europe as far as Istanbul.
2012, Anthony Sampson, Empire of the Sky