: an aircraft with two main supporting surfaces usually placed one above the other
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Scaling up from a small model to a full-sized quadrotor biplane is much riskier, so the team is building an exact digital replica first.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026
The image shows him in aviator’s garb with a biplane flying overhead.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
The biplane shoot almost didn’t happen.
—Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
During that film's climactic biplane battle between Cruise's Ethan Hunt and Esai Morales' villainous Gabriel, Cruise dangles mid-air from a seatbelt as the plane flips upside down.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026
The image shows him in aviator’s garb with a biplane flying overhead.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
The biplane shoot almost didn’t happen.
—Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
During that film's climactic biplane battle between Cruise's Ethan Hunt and Esai Morales' villainous Gabriel, Cruise dangles mid-air from a seatbelt as the plane flips upside down.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026
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“Biplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biplane. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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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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