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Recent Examples of biplane
Not one to turn down an adventure, he got stranded in the North Pole for several days two years later when the Russian biplane carrying him and four others landed and partially sank through the ice.
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Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
The museum also offers scenic flights in helicopters, vintage biplanes, and Cessnas.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2024
As 19-year-old Lee performed her preflight check in July 1932, Greenwood’s other training biplane, called the Student Prince, taxied down the runway, piloted by one of the Chinese Flying Club of Portland boys earning solo hours.
—Susan Tate Ankeny, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Apr. 2024
Junior Ranger Day events include the chance to build biplane models at Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site in Alabama and learn about the history of dogs in Hidatsa villages and earn a BARK Ranger badge for their own pups at Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site in North Dakota.
—Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024
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Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
The museum also offers scenic flights in helicopters, vintage biplanes, and Cessnas.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2024
As 19-year-old Lee performed her preflight check in July 1932, Greenwood’s other training biplane, called the Student Prince, taxied down the runway, piloted by one of the Chinese Flying Club of Portland boys earning solo hours.
—Susan Tate Ankeny, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Apr. 2024
Junior Ranger Day events include the chance to build biplane models at Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site in Alabama and learn about the history of dogs in Hidatsa villages and earn a BARK Ranger badge for their own pups at Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site in North Dakota.
—Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 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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Most guests float in on vintage Turtle Air seaplanes to the legendary refuge in the heart of the Yasawas.David Hochman, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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Dry Tortugas National Park, located 70 miles west of Key West in Florida and only reachable by boat or seaplane, was the third least visited national park in the contiguous U.S. NPS parks in Michigan The National Park Service (NPS) manages many different types of parks.Kristi Tanner, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 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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Enjoy craft checkouts, cockpit exploration, glider and helicopter construction.Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2024
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Many of these sale items do both, like a Graco convertible crib and the Baby Relax glider and rocker.Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 3 Sep. 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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Uncle Jack Cassidy lives on the island which is filled with new dinosaur species, giant insects and prehistoric amphibians.Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
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Today, more than 40 percent of amphibians are at risk of going extinct.Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Biplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biplane. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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