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  2. Biplane - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. de Havilland Tiger Moth - Wikipedia

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    de Havilland DH.60 Moth. Variants. Thruxton Jackaroo. The de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s British biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company. It was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and other operators as a primary trainer aircraft.

  4. Waco Aircraft Company - Wikipedia

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    Waco UPF-7, built in 1941, arriving at the 2014 Royal International Air Tattoo, England. The Waco Aircraft Company (WACO) was an aircraft manufacturer located in Troy, Ohio, United States. Between 1920 and 1947, the company produced a wide range of civilian biplanes. The company initially started under the name Weaver Aircraft Company of Ohio ...

  5. Polikarpov Po-2 - Wikipedia

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    Polikarpov Po-2. The Polikarpov Po-2 (also U-2 before 1944, for its initial uchebnyy, 'training', role as a flight instruction aircraft) was an all-weather multirole Soviet biplane, nicknamed Kukuruznik (Russian: Кукурузник, [ 3 ][ N 1 ] NATO reporting name " Mule "). The reliable, uncomplicated design of the Po-2 made it an ideal ...

  6. Fiat CR.32 - Wikipedia

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    The Fiat CR.32 was an Italian biplane fighter used in the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War. Designed by the aeronautical engineer Celestino Rosatelli, it was a compact, robust and highly manoeuvrable aircraft for its era, leading to it being a relatively popular fighter during the 1930s. The CR.32 fought in North and East Africa, in ...

  7. Supermarine Walrus - Wikipedia

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    21 June 1933. Developed from. Supermarine Seagull III. The Supermarine Walrus (or the Supermarine Seagull V, its original name) is a British single-engine amphibious biplane designed by Supermarine 's R. J. Mitchell at their works at Woolston, Southampton. Primarily used as a maritime patrol aircraft, it was the first British squadron-service ...

  8. List of canard aircraft - Wikipedia

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    List of canard aircraft. This is a list of canard aircraft, having a foreplane in front of the main wing instead of a conventional tailplane. Pusher configuration. Pusher propeller. Pusher propeller. Pusher propeller. Pusher propeller. Mid-engined pusher configuration, with propeller in front of wing. Several variants.

  9. Category:Biplanes - Wikipedia

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    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.