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Definition of Biplanes
1. biplane [n] - See also: biplane
Lexicographical Neighbors of Biplanes
Literary usage of Biplanes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harper's Aircraft Book: Why Aeroplanes Fly, how to Make Models, and All by Alpheus Hyatt Verrill (1913)
"biplanes also have the advantage that their lateral balance can be maintained by
small auxiliary planes, or ailerons, and consequently stiff and rigid ..."
2. The New Art of Flying by Waldemar Kaempffert (1911)
"CHAPTER XII SOME TYPICAL biplanes ALL biplanes, no matter by whom designed, have
certain features in common. Besides the two superposed supporting surfaces ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"DS Brown also wrote (1874) in support of elastic aero- biplanes. His experiments
proved that two elastic aeroplanes united by a central shaft or shafts, ..."
4. The Design of Aeroplanes by Arthur William Judge (1916)
"In further connection with the comparison of monoplanes and biplanes, it has been
estimated that for planes of the same aspect ratio, span, section, ..."
5. Practical Aviation: An Understandable Presentation of Interesting and by Charles Brian Hayward (1919)
"MODERN FOREIGN biplanes FRENCH TYPES Forman Fighting Types. The Farman Brothers
were among the pioneers in French aviation, Henri Farman winning several of ..."
6. Harper's Aircraft Book: Why Aeroplanes Fly, how to Make Models, and All by Alpheus Hyatt Verrill (1913)
"biplanes also have the advantage that their lateral balance can be maintained by
small auxiliary planes, or ailerons, and consequently stiff and rigid ..."
7. The New Art of Flying by Waldemar Kaempffert (1911)
"CHAPTER XII SOME TYPICAL biplanes ALL biplanes, no matter by whom designed, have
certain features in common. Besides the two superposed supporting surfaces ..."
8. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"DS Brown also wrote (1874) in support of elastic aero- biplanes. His experiments
proved that two elastic aeroplanes united by a central shaft or shafts, ..."
9. The Design of Aeroplanes by Arthur William Judge (1916)
"In further connection with the comparison of monoplanes and biplanes, it has been
estimated that for planes of the same aspect ratio, span, section, ..."
10. Practical Aviation: An Understandable Presentation of Interesting and by Charles Brian Hayward (1919)
"MODERN FOREIGN biplanes FRENCH TYPES Forman Fighting Types. The Farman Brothers
were among the pioneers in French aviation, Henri Farman winning several of ..."
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