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monoplane|ˈmɒnəʊpleɪn|
[f. mono- + plane n.3]
An aeroplane or glider having only one ‘plane’ or main supporting surface on either side of the fuselage (so called because in the earliest monoplanes the wing on each side was part of a single structure extending across the fuselage); † the wing itself. Also attrib. or as adj.
1907Sci. Amer. 16 Nov. 358/1 (heading) The latest French aeroplanes and their records. The Pelterie monoplane. Ibid. 358/3 One end of the monoplane (which is made in two halves) was broken. Ibid., The Pelterie aeroplane resembles the monoplane machine with which M. Bleriot experimented unsuccessfully last spring. 1907Nature 5 Dec. 106/2 Another aëroplane which is also attracting considerable attention at Paris is the ‘monoplane’ of M. Robert Esnault Pelterie. This, unlike most recent types, has only a single transverse supporting surface. 1908Times 20 May 7/6 A monoplane aeroplane..made some successful evolutions yesterday. 1908Sci. Amer. 18 July 44/1 The rear half of the monoplane, at its outer ends, has movable planes for correcting the transverse stability. 1910Blackw. Mag. July 4/1 The aeroplane, whether monoplane, biplane, or other. a1918J. T. B. McCudden Five Yrs. in R. Flying Corps (1919) 63 Two Taube monoplanes came over St. Omer. 1922Glasgow Herald 8 Aug. 8 A Swiss pilot on a motorless monoplane succeeded in making a flight lasting 45 seconds. 1935C. G. Burge Compl. Bk. Aviation 123/1 Gliders are usually of monoplane type, though biplane constructions have been used. 1960C. H. Gibbs-Smith Aeroplane x. 54 The year 1907 saw the crystallisation of the two basic forms of early aeroplane—the pusher biplane and the tractor monoplane. 1969K. Munson Pioneer Aircraft 1903–14 98/1 Levasseur's first full-size aeroplane, a bird-like monoplane tested in 1903, was an utter failure. 1973J. Di Mona Last Man at Arlington (1974) xi. 84 A single engine monoplane thundering toward an ammunition ship. |