biplanes

Two-winged vintage aircraft

Biplanes is the plural of biplane—an aircraft with two sets of wings stacked one above the other.

Biplanes dominated early aviation through the 1930s, when monoplanes proved faster and more efficient.

Today biplanes are mainly used for aerobatics and crop dusting: We watched the biplanes loop and roll at the air show.

aviation

wings

Limbs for flight

cockpitPilot's control compartment
propellerRotating blades creating thrust
fuselageAircraft's central structure

struts · fabric · airfoil · tailplane · rudder · ailerons · landing gear · engine · dope · rigging

historical

Wright Brothers

First airplane inventors

Sopwith CamelWWI British fighter plane
Red BaronGerman WWI flying ace
World War IFirst global military conflict

barnstormers · dogfight · aerodrome · RFC · triplane · pioneer · Golden Age · interwar · Lindbergh · Earhart

recreation

airshow

Public flight demonstration

stuntDangerous feat for spectacle
aerobaticsSpectacular aircraft maneuvers
loopCurve closing on itself

barrel roll · formation flying · vintage · restoration · replica · smoke trail · demonstration · fly-in · warbird · antique

Categories

flightflying, fly, flight, aviation, aircraft
transport themesaviation, nautical, railroad, automotive, space travel
transportationcar, bus, train, plane, taxi
aircraftairliner, plane, planes, fighter, jets
WWItrenches, no man's land, no mans land, trench warfare, armistice
Aviation HistoryWright Brothers, Wright Flyer, Wright brothers, Kitty Hawk, first flight

Opposites

wing configuration

biplanesmonoplanes

Aircraft with one wing

triplanes · flying wings

aviation era/technology

biplanesjet aircraft

Turbine-engine-propelled airplane

supersonic jets · stealth fighters · jet fighters · stealth aircraft · drones

Family

Familiarity: Top 100,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G