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Answer for the clue "Reportedly auction unmarked aircraft ", 9 letters:
sailplane

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context aircraft English) A glider that is optimised for soaring and is equipped with fixed wings and fuselage.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces [syn: glider ] v. fly a plane without an engine [syn: soar ]

Usage examples of sailplane.

This was the easiest entrance to Elysium, and the air above the rim swarmed with fliers, orthopters, and sailplanes.

Soaring Gliderport in Julian, Pennsylvania launches sailplanes into ridge lift much of the year.

It contained big ten-wheel-drive Bobtail sand trucks, hoverjeeps, a half-dozen late-model tankseven a small air force of jethoppers, sailplanes, and a black-painted orbital vehicle.

He had flown sailplanes on Earth, and would always vividly remember his first solo landing.

Christ Jesus, hang gliders and sailplanes would still fly too, wouldn't they?