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Recent Examples of biplane
Every Sunday from May through October, the Flying Circus features daring aerobatic stunts in vintage biplanes, transporting spectators back to the golden age of aviation.
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Kinsey Gidick, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2024
You will neither get gunned down by Snoopy in a biplane, nor will a helicopter land on the freeway to give your parents a ticket.
—Logan Carter / Jalopnik, Quartz, 14 Aug. 2024
Only the pilot, who didn’t suffer injuries, was aboard the single-engine biplane, said a spokeswoman with the Federal Aviation Administration, which will investigate the incident alongside the National Transportation Safety Board.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 25 June 2024
On the second day of the 2020 Armenia-Azerbaijan war, the Armenian military posted a video of one of its surface-to-air missile systems shooting down a surprising enemy aircraft: an Antonov AN-2 biplane.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 3 June 2024
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Kinsey Gidick, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2024
You will neither get gunned down by Snoopy in a biplane, nor will a helicopter land on the freeway to give your parents a ticket.
—Logan Carter / Jalopnik, Quartz, 14 Aug. 2024
Only the pilot, who didn’t suffer injuries, was aboard the single-engine biplane, said a spokeswoman with the Federal Aviation Administration, which will investigate the incident alongside the National Transportation Safety Board.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 25 June 2024
On the second day of the 2020 Armenia-Azerbaijan war, the Armenian military posted a video of one of its surface-to-air missile systems shooting down a surprising enemy aircraft: an Antonov AN-2 biplane.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 3 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biplane
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Towards the nose, there's a front triplane wing, and a large S-duct with adaptive flaps built into the carbon fiber front hood to help things along.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
18 Oct. 2024
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Exhibits include fi rearms, artillery pieces, uniforms, armored vehicles, and even a Fokker triplane.—
Smithsonian,
Smithsonian,
26 May 2017
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Only accessible by boat or seaplane, the park is roughly 99 percent open water (really!), vibrantly blue, and filled with stunning coral reefs.—
Kara Franker,
Southern Living,
10 Jan. 2025
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The island is highly remote, nearly in Canadian and Minnesota waters, and is only accessible by ferry, seaplane or private water crafts.—
Darcie Moran,
Detroit Free Press,
14 Aug. 2024
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The Army’s record had been set by a five-man crew flying a trimotor monoplane with the financial backing of the War Department.—
Richard Selcer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Mar. 2024
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Four years later, father and son took their first flight together in Warren, where a Ford trimotor was offering short trips to the public.—
Jamie Turner,
cleveland.com,
16 July 2019
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Maloney was later killed after crashing the same glider.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacramento Bee,
6 Jan. 2025
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Paone said aviators previously flew using balloons, kites and gliders until the Wright Brothers conducted the first flight in 1903.—
Krystal Nurse,
USA TODAY,
27 Dec. 2024
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The same tendency also affects drones, with the original $1 million Predator, a simple uncrewed sailplane with a camera, morphing into the $22 million Reaper.—
David Hambling,
Popular Mechanics,
16 Feb. 2023
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Keen interest centered on the performance of a Nelson Dragonfly sailplane, entered in the meet by Gus Briegleb, of Van Nuys.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Feb. 2022
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These three species add to the more than 400 species of amphibians on the island.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
31 Dec. 2024
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The third amphibian is a new species of arboreal salamander, Bolitoglossa sp.—
Monica Cull,
Discover Magazine,
25 Dec. 2024
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“Biplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biplane. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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