: an airplane with only one main supporting surface
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Recent Examples on the WebRelying 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 Under Wallace’s engineering, a new high-wing monoplane design soon began rolling out of Cessna factories. Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics, 17 Oct. 2019 Today and tomorrow the monoplane will be given additional tests at the North Island naval air station.sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 Apr. 2018 See More