: an aircraft with two main supporting surfaces usually placed one above the other
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Flying Through ‘The City’ Along with the DC-3, some of the other planes displayed inside the hangar include the Stearman biplane, used to train WWII pilots; an F-84 Thunderjet; and a Lockheed T-33, a jet trainer built in the 1950s in which visitors can sit inside the cockpit.
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Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 26 June 2025
Though, for some of us, seeing Ethan Hunt dangle from a biplane, however rickety the narrative excuses for that to happen, is more fun.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
Reckoning with its death-defying submarine and biplane stunts, cost between $300M-$400M in a start and stop from Covid and strikes.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 21 May 2025
Mustered out from the Great War, veteran pilots — still hooked on the adrenaline rush of aerial combat — reenacted their exploits for the screen in rickety biplanes that seemed to have been stitched together from string and paper mache.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 14 June 2025
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Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 26 June 2025
Though, for some of us, seeing Ethan Hunt dangle from a biplane, however rickety the narrative excuses for that to happen, is more fun.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
Reckoning with its death-defying submarine and biplane stunts, cost between $300M-$400M in a start and stop from Covid and strikes.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 21 May 2025
Mustered out from the Great War, veteran pilots — still hooked on the adrenaline rush of aerial combat — reenacted their exploits for the screen in rickety biplanes that seemed to have been stitched together from string and paper mache.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 14 June 2025
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“Biplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biplane. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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biplane
noun
bi·plane
ˈbī-ˌplān 
: an airplane with two sets of wings usually placed one above the other
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