biplane
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of biplane
First recorded in 1870–75; bi- 1 + (air)plane
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The practice lasted until 1932, when a 22-year-old student aviator spotted a drifting cat-shaped balloon and tried to capture it with her biplane.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025
In 1983, Donald died in a plane crash with the couple’s son-in-law, Eyal Horwitz, while piloting an experimental biplane.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025
That's how they had her hover at that one point for one of the opening shots when she's hovering and then it turns into the biplane.
From Salon • Feb. 19, 2024
In 2015, North Korean state media even carried footage of Kim Jong Un piloting a "homegrown" light aircraft and sitting at the controls of an AN-2 military biplane.
From BBC • Sep. 11, 2023
The maneuvers had her flying an open-cockpit biplane upside down about 10 feet above the ground and slicing through a ribbon stretched between two poles.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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