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Recent Examples of biplane
As seen in the film’s trailer, the key stunt of this chapter looks to involve Tom Cruise hanging off the side of a 20th century biplane.
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Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 29 Mar. 2025
His quest takes him to icy research stations, in the cockpits of biplanes soaring through canyons, and deep under the ocean's surface as Cruise showcase another ridiculous array of stunts.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
The ’Davis Gun’ was not successful in putting big guns on biplanes.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
As a biplane climbs to 8,500 feet, on a gloomy afternoon in April 1933, Swan’s daredevil plan is to leap from the metal hopper beneath the lower wing, drop through the clouds, and, at the precise moment the rocket in his backpack ignites, explode up into space.
—Howard Blum, airmail.news, 15 Feb. 2025
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Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 29 Mar. 2025
His quest takes him to icy research stations, in the cockpits of biplanes soaring through canyons, and deep under the ocean's surface as Cruise showcase another ridiculous array of stunts.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
The ’Davis Gun’ was not successful in putting big guns on biplanes.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
As a biplane climbs to 8,500 feet, on a gloomy afternoon in April 1933, Swan’s daredevil plan is to leap from the metal hopper beneath the lower wing, drop through the clouds, and, at the precise moment the rocket in his backpack ignites, explode up into space.
—Howard Blum, airmail.news, 15 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biplane
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Towards the nose, there's a front triplane wing, and a large S-duct with adaptive flaps built into the carbon fiber front hood to help things along.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
18 Oct. 2024
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Exhibits include fi rearms, artillery pieces, uniforms, armored vehicles, and even a Fokker triplane.—
Smithsonian,
Smithsonian,
26 May 2017
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Even today, in places like the Pacific Northwest, there are regular seaplane services not only to isolated islands, but between the centers of cities like Seattle and Victoria, British Columbia.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Feb. 2025
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Booking a seaplane tour is one of the most extraordinary and unforgettable ways to experience the area.—
Emily LaPointe,
Outside Online,
30 Jan. 2025
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The Army’s record had been set by a five-man crew flying a trimotor monoplane with the financial backing of the War Department.—
Richard Selcer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Mar. 2024
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Four years later, father and son took their first flight together in Warren, where a Ford trimotor was offering short trips to the public.—
Jamie Turner,
cleveland.com,
16 July 2019
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Upholstered swivel reclining glider: on sale for $299 Original price: $891 This reclining glider is 66% off right now.—
Nora Colomer,
Fox News,
8 Mar. 2025
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Bradley Daar, 70, of Clinton, was piloting a single-engine ultralight glider on Friday afternoon when the aircraft crashed into the woods in the Town of Deep River, roughly 35 miles east of New Haven.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
15 Mar. 2025
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The same tendency also affects drones, with the original $1 million Predator, a simple uncrewed sailplane with a camera, morphing into the $22 million Reaper.—
David Hambling,
Popular Mechanics,
16 Feb. 2023
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Keen interest centered on the performance of a Nelson Dragonfly sailplane, entered in the meet by Gus Briegleb, of Van Nuys.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Feb. 2022
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The species belonged to a group of amphibians known as metoposaurid temnospondyls, which were the ancestors of today’s salamanders, frogs and toads.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Apr. 2025
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The ditch itself measured about 46 feet long and was situated near a roundhouse, suggesting that humans may have played some role in the accumulation of these amphibians.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Biplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biplane. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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