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Two wings doing the work of one, refusing to die since the jet age dawned.
means An aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other, typical of early aviation.
from A straightforward modern compound: the Latin prefix 'bi-' meaning 'two' bolted onto 'plane,' itself a shortening of 'aeroplane.' That 'plane' traces back through French to the Greek 'planos,' 'wandering' — by way of the wing as a flat, lifting surface. The word arrived alongside the first powered flights at the dawn of the 20th century, naming exactly what the eye saw: two planes of wing.
- double lift
- Twin wings gave strength and lift on flimsy early frames
- red baron
- His feared triplane added a third wing for agility
- still flying
- Crop dusters and stunt pilots still trust them
- slow is good
- Low speed makes them ideal for aerial acrobatics
- wright start
- The 1903 Wright Flyer was a biplane
sopwith camel — wwi fighter aircraft with 2,800+ produced, famous for rotary engine and difficult handling
boeing stearman pt-17 — us military trainer biplane from 1941, iconic yellow aircraft still used for aerobatic flying today