lightplane

noun

lightplane

noun

Etymology From light + plane.

1

A small, lightweight aeroplane.

Devices have been perfected which will permit a lightplane to drop packages of spare parts or medical supplies without damage in locations where even a lightplane cannot land, such as lumber camps.1939, Wolfgang Langewiesche, Lightplane Flying, page 57:

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