Definition of monoplane
: an airplane with only one main supporting surface
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The latter were all-metal low-wing monoplanes, used by Webb’s Flying Service for the Boise Junior College program.
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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.
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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.
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Another genus, Exocoetus, has narrower pectoral and smaller pelvic fins; researchers liken them to biplanes and monoplanes (.pdf).
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First Known Use of monoplane
1907
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Definition of monoplane for English Language Learners
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: an airplane with one set of wings
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Definition of monoplane for Students
: an airplane with only one large wing that crosses the body
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