: an aircraft with two main supporting surfaces usually placed one above the other
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The mission will require plumbing the depths for a sunken Russian sub, hanging from the wing of a biplane – and no less than an aircraft carrier.
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Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
Back then, Azerbaijani forces repurposed agricultural biplanes into decoy drones.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 27 Nov. 2025
Pop-up airstrips were created in rural communities throughout the United States to support biplanes, like the Curtiss JN-4, used in these traveling air shows.
—Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2025
New York City has its Empire State Building, the iconic skyscraper from atop which King Kong swiped at attacking biplanes in the 1933 film before hurtling to his demise.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
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Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
Back then, Azerbaijani forces repurposed agricultural biplanes into decoy drones.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 27 Nov. 2025
Pop-up airstrips were created in rural communities throughout the United States to support biplanes, like the Curtiss JN-4, used in these traveling air shows.
—Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2025
New York City has its Empire State Building, the iconic skyscraper from atop which King Kong swiped at attacking biplanes in the 1933 film before hurtling to his demise.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Biplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biplane. Accessed 12 Dec. 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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