Лететь НА / В самолёт е?

[Andrey Shcherbenok]

There is a difference in meaning. "v" underscores the space inside the
aircraft, "na" -- means of transport. Cf.

On poletel v Moskvu NA samolete. Kogda on letel V samolete, emy bylo zharko.

Andrey



2010/10/27 Mark Kingdom <k2kingdom at gmail.com>:
> Hi all,
>
> I checked google, and the useage seems to be 50-50 between В and НА:
>
> Лететь в самолёте
>
> versus
>
> Лететь на самолёте.
>
> Are they both right, and there's some difference I'm not understanding?
> (Highly likely.)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark
>
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