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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
volplane .
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Examples
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Then he shut off the motor and volplaned to earth, to the no small astonishment of the surgeon.
Tom Swift and His Sky Racer, or, the Quickest Flight on Record Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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"I have not volplaned much, but it will be all right I think."
Tom Swift and His Air Glider, or Seeking the Platinum Treasure Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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Quickly and gracefully the Lark was volplaned to a level place near the dead tree.
Tom Swift in Captivity, or a Daring Escape By Airship Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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Before reaching the inclosure, the monoplane climbed about four thousand feet into the air and then volplaned gracefully toward one of the large exhibition buildings just in the edge of the grounds.
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"I might have volplaned back to earth, but at the speed we were going, and at the height, around a curve, we might have turned turtle."
Tom Swift and His Sky Racer, or, the Quickest Flight on Record Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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On and on, and down and down he volplaned until he was so near his own lines, and so low down, that he could hear the burst of cheers from his former comrades.
Air Service Boys in the Big Battle Or, Silencing the Big Guns Charles Amory Beach
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Hiram's eyes sparkled as the Racer volplaned, caught the head wind at just the right angle, and struck a course due northwest like a sail boat under perfect control.
Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane Roy Rockwood
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There was a succession of thundering cheers as he shut off the motor, and volplaned to earth, but he paid little attention to them.
Tom Swift and His Sky Racer, or, the Quickest Flight on Record Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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Smaller and smaller grew the circles, as with engine shut off he volplaned.
The Radio Boys on the Mexican Border Gerald Breckenridge 1926
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He had crossed the landing field afoot and had just reached the belt of trees when the machine volplaned to the field behind him.
The Radio Boys on the Mexican Border Gerald Breckenridge 1926
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