: an aircraft with two main supporting surfaces usually placed one above the other
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Every Sunday from May through October, the Flying Circus features daring aerobatic stunts in vintage biplanes, transporting spectators back to the golden age of aviation.
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Kinsey Gidick, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2024
You will neither get gunned down by Snoopy in a biplane, nor will a helicopter land on the freeway to give your parents a ticket.
—Logan Carter / Jalopnik, Quartz, 14 Aug. 2024
Only the pilot, who didn’t suffer injuries, was aboard the single-engine biplane, said a spokeswoman with the Federal Aviation Administration, which will investigate the incident alongside the National Transportation Safety Board.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 25 June 2024
On the second day of the 2020 Armenia-Azerbaijan war, the Armenian military posted a video of one of its surface-to-air missile systems shooting down a surprising enemy aircraft: an Antonov AN-2 biplane.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 3 June 2024
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Kinsey Gidick, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2024
You will neither get gunned down by Snoopy in a biplane, nor will a helicopter land on the freeway to give your parents a ticket.
—Logan Carter / Jalopnik, Quartz, 14 Aug. 2024
Only the pilot, who didn’t suffer injuries, was aboard the single-engine biplane, said a spokeswoman with the Federal Aviation Administration, which will investigate the incident alongside the National Transportation Safety Board.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 25 June 2024
On the second day of the 2020 Armenia-Azerbaijan war, the Armenian military posted a video of one of its surface-to-air missile systems shooting down a surprising enemy aircraft: an Antonov AN-2 biplane.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 3 June 2024
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“Biplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biplane. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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biplane
noun
bi·plane
ˈbī-ˌplān 
: an airplane with two sets of wings usually placed one above the other
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