heavier-than-air

Adjective

comparative-only of an aircraft

(of an aircraft) Weighing more than the volume of air which it displaces. / Of, pertaining to, or using an aircraft which weighs more than the volume of air it displaces.

Japanese Meaning

空気の浮力だけでは浮かばないほど重い、つまり排除する空気の体積以上の重量を有する航空機に関する。 / 空気よりも重い構造や性質を持つ航空機についての表現。

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The Wright brothers' heavier-than-air flyer changed the course of aviation history.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

ライト兄弟の（排除する空気の体積より重い）飛行機が航空史を変えた。

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(of an aircraft) Weighing more than the volume of air which it displaces.

And folks laughed at Santos Dumont, at the Wrights, and at all the other fellows, who said they could take a heavier-than-air machine, and skim above the clouds like a bird.

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Of, pertaining to, or using an aircraft which weighs more than the volume of air it displaces.

Died. John Thomas Moore, 65, who, on a windy day in December 1903, lent a hand putting a flying machine on a runway, was the last surviving witness to the Wright brothers' historic first heavier-than-air flight at Kitty Hawk.

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