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Only the pleading of Ernest Jones, who flew to Vienna in a chartered monoplane, could move him intellectually; only a direct threat to his beloved daughter and successor could move him viscerally.
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Patrick Blanchfield, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2022
The first recorded flight to Antarctica was a Lockheed Vega 1 monoplane in 1928, piloted by George Hubert Wilkins, an Australian military pilot and explorer.
—Lilit Marcus, CNN, 22 Nov. 2021
Relying on a compass for navigation—since the fog never cleared—and shivering in the frigid high altitude, Quimby piloted her Blériot monoplane toward France.
—Charlotte Gray, WSJ, 13 June 2022
The Wright brothers knew that a monoplane may have less drag, but a biplane was stronger.
—Walter J. Boyne and Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics, 23 May 2021
His Citabria monoplane had grazed the ground, smashing the craft’s landing gear.
—oregonlive, 23 Sep. 2020
In 1912, aviator Harriet Quimby, 37, was killed along with her passenger, William Willard, when they were thrown out of Quimby’s monoplane at the Third Annual Boston Aviation Meet.
—BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2020
Pearse's bamboo monoplane made a textbook takeoff from his South Canterbury farm on March 31, 1903.
—Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 17 Dec. 2019
In 1937, millionaire Howard Hughes set a transcontinental air record by flying his monoplane from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey, in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds.
—BostonGlobe.com, 19 Jan. 2020
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Patrick Blanchfield, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2022
The first recorded flight to Antarctica was a Lockheed Vega 1 monoplane in 1928, piloted by George Hubert Wilkins, an Australian military pilot and explorer.
—Lilit Marcus, CNN, 22 Nov. 2021
Relying on a compass for navigation—since the fog never cleared—and shivering in the frigid high altitude, Quimby piloted her Blériot monoplane toward France.
—Charlotte Gray, WSJ, 13 June 2022
The Wright brothers knew that a monoplane may have less drag, but a biplane was stronger.
—Walter J. Boyne and Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics, 23 May 2021
His Citabria monoplane had grazed the ground, smashing the craft’s landing gear.
—oregonlive, 23 Sep. 2020
In 1912, aviator Harriet Quimby, 37, was killed along with her passenger, William Willard, when they were thrown out of Quimby’s monoplane at the Third Annual Boston Aviation Meet.
—BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2020
Pearse's bamboo monoplane made a textbook takeoff from his South Canterbury farm on March 31, 1903.
—Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 17 Dec. 2019
In 1937, millionaire Howard Hughes set a transcontinental air record by flying his monoplane from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey, in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds.
—BostonGlobe.com, 19 Jan. 2020
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1907, in the meaning defined above
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monoplane
noun
mono·plane
ˈmän-ə-ˌplān 
: an airplane with only one set of wings
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