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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 ...
The Airco DH.2 was a single-seat pusher biplane fighter aircraft which operated during the First World War.It was the second pusher design by aeronautical engineer Geoffrey de Havilland for Airco, based on his earlier DH.1 two-seater.
Jeannin biplane (1915) [25] LVG B.I [26] LVG B.II [27] LVG B.III [26] NFW B.I [28] Otto pusher (1914) [29] Otto B.I (1914) [30] Pfalz A.I & A.II (license-built Morane ...
Single-engined piston biplane; license-built variant of the Airco DH.9 Engineering Division XB-1: US Propeller Reconnaissance Single-engined piston biplane; license-built variant of the Bristol F.2 Fokker D.VII [12] Germany Propeller Trainer 1918 Single-engined piston biplane; obtained as German war reparations, some transferred to US Navy
The Replica Plans SE.5a is a Canadian designed biplane for amateur construction from Replica Plans. Designed as a 7/8 size (87.5%) replica of the first world war Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5 . The prototype first flew in 1970 and is built of wood and fabric and can use engines from 65 to 125 hp. Estimated construction time is 2500 hours. [ 1 ]
Crashed DFW B.I "Weddingen" showing shape of wings. The DFW B.I (factory designation MD 14), was one of the earliest German aircraft to see service during World War I, and one of the numerous "B-class" unarmed, two-seat observation biplanes of the German military in 1914, but with a distinctive appearance that differentiated it from contemporaries. [1]
The Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 is a British single-engine tractor two-seat biplane, designed and developed at the Royal Aircraft Factory.Most of the roughly 3,500 built were constructed under contract by private companies, including established aircraft manufacturers and firms new to aircraft construction.
The Vickers F.B.5 (Fighting Biplane 5) (known as the "Gunbus") was a British two-seat pusher military biplane of the First World War.Armed with a single .303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis gun operated by the observer in the front of the nacelle, it was the first aircraft purpose-built for air-to-air combat to see service, making it the world's first operational fighter aircraft.