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Biplane. 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 ...
The Wright Flyer was a canard biplane configuration, with a wingspan of 40 feet 4 inches (12.29 m), a camber of 1-20, a wing area of 510 square feet (47 m 2), and a length of 21 feet 1 inch (6.43 m). The right wing was 4 inches (10 cm) longer because the engine was 30 to 40 pounds (14 to 18 kg) heavier than Orville or Wilbur.
Currie Wot (Homebuilt - 1937) De Havilland Tiger Moth (1931) de Havilland Sea Venom. de Havilland Sea Vixen (operated by Simon's Sircus) (1951) FLS Sprint (1983) Folland Gnat (operated by the Yellowjacks and the Red Arrows) (1955) Hawker Hunter (operated by the Black Arrows) (1951) Hunting Percival Jet Provost (operated by the Red Pelicans) (1954)
The Wright brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane. [3][4][5] They made the first controlled, sustained flight of an engine-powered, heavier ...
Albatros D.V. The Albatros D.III was a biplane fighter aircraft used by the Imperial German Army Air Service (Luftstreitkräfte) during World War I. A modified licensed version was built by Oeffag for the Austro-Hungarian Air Service (Luftfahrtruppen). The D.III was flown by many top German aces, including Wilhelm Frankl, Erich Löwenhardt ...
Curtiss Twin JN. The Curtiss JN "Jenny" is a series of biplanes built by the Glenn Curtiss Aeroplane Company of Hammondsport, New York, later the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company. Although the Curtiss JN series was originally produced as a training aircraft for the US Army, the "Jenny" (the common nickname derived from "JN") continued after ...
Biplane No. 1: December 1909 Single-seat biplane Biplane No. 2: 25 September 1910 Single-seat pusher configuration biplane – became the F.E.1 when de Havilland joined the staff at the Royal Aircraft Factory: DH.1 Airco DH.1: January 1915 Two-seat fighter/general purpose biplane DH.2 Airco DH.2: 1 June 1915 Single-seat pusher biplane fighter ...
Category:Biplanes. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Biplanes. This is a category for fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings of similar spans, normally one mounted above, and the other level with the underside of the fuselage.