monoplane

mono·plane | \ ˈmä-nə-ˌplān

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Definition of monoplane

: an airplane with only one main supporting surface

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Recent Examples on the Web Under Wallace’s engineering, a new high-wing monoplane design soon began rolling out of Cessna factories. — Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics, "Why the Cessna Is Such a Badass Plane," 17 Oct. 2019 Today and tomorrow the monoplane will be given additional tests at the North Island naval air station. — sandiegouniontribune.com, "April 29, 1927: Spirit of St. Louis takes flight," 29 Apr. 2018 While mechanics were grooming his monoplane for the night flight over part of the southwestern states. — sandiegouniontribune.com, "May 11, 1927: Lindbergh winging his way from San Diego to Paris," 11 May 2018 The latter were all-metal low-wing monoplanes, used by Webb’s Flying Service for the Boise Junior College program. — Arthur Hart, idahostatesman, "With U.S. on cusp of WWII, Civilian Pilot Training drew Idahoans to the sky," 3 Feb. 2018 That made as much sense as if someone had decided to stick with biplanes with fabric wings 30 years earlier, when the first all-metal monoplanes remade the airline industry. — Ed Wallace, star-telegram, "Aviation and Detroit: One begat the other | Fort Worth Star-Telegram," 14 Oct. 2017 Also at Air and Space is Amelia Earhart’s Society of Woman Geographers pennant, which rode with Earhart on her monoplane voyage from Hawaii to California in 1935. — Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian, "Take a Tour of the Smithsonian’s Asian Pacific Collections this Autumn," 13 Oct. 2017 Another genus, Exocoetus, has narrower pectoral and smaller pelvic fins; researchers liken them to biplanes and monoplanes (.pdf). — Brandon Keim, WIRED, "Flying Fish Ace Wind-Tunnel Tests," 10 Sep. 2010

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“Monoplane.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monoplane. Accessed 9 December 2019.

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