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monoplane

[ mon-uh-pleyn ]

noun

  1. an airplane with one main sustaining surface or one set of wings.
  2. Nautical. a planing plane craft the bottom of which is in an unbroken fore-and-aft line.


monoplane

/ ˈ³¾É’²Ôəʊˌ±è±ô±ðɪ²Ô /

noun

  1. an aeroplane with only one pair of wings Compare biplane
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of monoplane1

First recorded in 1905–10; mono- + plane 1
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Numerous expeditions have turned up nothing, only confirming that swaths of ocean floor held no trace of her twin-tailed monoplane.

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He won cash prizes and set two records at Dominguez, one of them for quickest takeoff in his monoplane — 6.4 seconds.

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She became the first woman to fly solo across the English Channel on April 16, 1912, in a Bleriot monoplane.

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While Charles Lindbergh is remembered for his solo crossing in an enclosed metal monoplane on May 21, 1927, this earlier, far-more-challenging trip in an open-cockpit biplane made of wood and fabric is nearly forgotten today.

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On Jan. 19, 1937, millionaire Howard Hughes set a transcontinental air record by flying his monoplane from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey, in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds.

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