Biplane
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biplane-0-9239531
title:
Biplane
text:
A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other. The first powered, controlled aeroplane to fly, the Wright Flyer, used a biplane wing arrangement, as did many aircraft in the early years of aviation. While a biplane wing structure has a structural advantage over a monoplane, it produces more drag than a monoplane wing. Improved structural techniques, better materials and higher speeds made the biplane configuration obsolete for most purposes by the late 1930s.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Airplane wing configuration with two vertically stacked main flying surfaces
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biplane
date created:
date modified:
2024-02-16T19:40:29Z
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13
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