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flying machine

machine that can fly, including aircraft, spacecraft, rockets, and missiles
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flying machine

Summary

flying machine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (556 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • flying machine is a type of machine[2].
  • flying machine is a type of mechanical device[3].
  • flying machine is a type of flying object[4].
  • flying machine is used for flight[5].
  • flying machine comprises aircraft[6].
  • flying machine comprises spacecraft[7].
  • flying machine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Flying machines[8].
  • flying machine's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[9].
  • flying machine's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • flying machine's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox aircraft[11].
  • flying machine's properties for this type is recorded as P798[12].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include machine[2], mechanical device[3], and flying object[4].

Use and Application

flying machine is used for flight[5]. Components include aircraft[6], a mode of transport[13] and spacecraft[7].

Why It Matters

flying machine ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (556 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts → —
    Subclass of → machine, mechanical device, flying object
    Topic's main category → Category:Flying machines
    Properties for this type → P798
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 1054, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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