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Recent Examples of triplane
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.
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New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2024
Exhibits include fi rearms, artillery pieces, uniforms, armored vehicles, and even a Fokker triplane.
—Smithsonian, 26 May 2017
New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2024
Exhibits include fi rearms, artillery pieces, uniforms, armored vehicles, and even a Fokker triplane.
—Smithsonian, 26 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for triplane
Noun
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Their modest aircraft, a wooden biplane made of spruce and ash covered by cotton muslin, was open to the outside air.—
Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Aug. 2025
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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.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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“Triplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triplane. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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