biplane

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Recent Examples of biplane One of the biggest moments in the action adventure is a dizzying sequence involving Cruise's superspy Ethan Hunt and a harrowing biplane chase, and USA TODAY is exclusively premiering a nifty aerial scene deleted from the film. Brian Truitt, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025 Biplane Transfer with Optional Commentary by Director Christopher McQuarrie and Tom Cruise—Tom Cruise and director Christopher McQuarrie discuss the challenges of filming the highly technical and extremely dangerous biplane transfer stunt at high altitudes. Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025 Flying Through ‘The City’ Along with the DC-3, some of the other planes displayed inside the hangar include the Stearman biplane, used to train WWII pilots; an F-84 Thunderjet; and a Lockheed T-33, a jet trainer built in the 1950s in which visitors can sit inside the cockpit. Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 26 June 2025 In recent times, the show’s numbers — to say nothing of its cultural relevance — have been on the same spiraling trajectory as that biplane Cruise dangled from in the latest Mission: Impossible movie. Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for biplane
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Noun
  • Towards the nose, there's a front triplane wing, and a large S-duct with adaptive flaps built into the carbon fiber front hood to help things along.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Exhibits include fi rearms, artillery pieces, uniforms, armored vehicles, and even a Fokker triplane.
    Smithsonian, Smithsonian, 26 May 2017
Noun
  • Other efforts to develop new logistics capabilities for the Pacific have been canceled, like a project to develop a giant seaplane dubbed the Liberty Lifter.
    Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The flight restrictions will also impact the adjacent Lake Hood Seaplane Base, the world's busiest seaplane base.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The Army’s record had been set by a five-man crew flying a trimotor monoplane with the financial backing of the War Department.
    Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Four years later, father and son took their first flight together in Warren, where a Ford trimotor was offering short trips to the public.
    Jamie Turner, cleveland.com, 16 July 2019
Noun
  • That may not seem like a lot of performance for not much power, but the HB-SXA is essentially a powered glider designed to take advantage of thermals and other updrafts to gain and maintain altitude.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2025
  • My dad flew into Belgium on a glider plane after parachute training at Fort Benning, Georgia, and rarely, if ever, discussed his war-time experiences with his kids.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Whether racing dune buggies along the Massachusetts coast, piloting a yellow sailplane, or sharing a silent chess match with Faye Dunaway, his shades were always front and center.
    Kate Donnelly, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
  • The same tendency also affects drones, with the original $1 million Predator, a simple uncrewed sailplane with a camera, morphing into the $22 million Reaper.
    David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2023
Noun
  • Audra Barrios, the founder and executive director at Things That Creep, an educational organization focusing on education hands-on programs with reptiles and amphibians in the Bay Area, said that temperature is the biggest factor in the probability of snake encounters in the region.
    Tina Chen, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The Pokémon character Wooper is also thought to be inspired by the amphibian.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025

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“Biplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biplane. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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