What is "monoplane"

Usage examples of "monoplane".

Soon afterwards a new Commanding Officer arrived and admitted he had never flown a monoplane either.

I have is a small monoplane, the Butterfly, I call it, and while it is very speedy, there have been such advances made in aeroplane construction since I made mine that I fear I would be distanced if I raced in her.

I am thinking of making a smaller monoplane than any that have yet been constructed, and yet one that will carry two persons.

In addition, Tom had an ingenious device to automatically adapt his monoplane to sudden currents of air that might overturn it, and this device was one of the points which he kept secret.

The roar increased, the propeller looked like a solid circle of wood, and the trim little monoplane moved slowly across the rising ground, increasing its speed every second, until, like some graceful bird, it suddenly rose in the air as Tom tilted the wing tips, and soared splendidly aloft!

Tom knew that he must do his very best, and he spared no efforts to make his monoplane come up to his ideal, which was a very exacting one.

He had been unable to find out who it was that had attempted once before to damage the monoplane, but he suspected it was the ill-favored man who was working with Andy.

He saw Andy standing near the curious biplane, which type of air craft it nearest resembled, though it had some monoplane features.

On a line with the Humming-Bird, and at about the same elevation, were the Bleriot monoplane and a Wright biplane.

And, so swiftly did the Red Cloud fly along that it carried the monoplane with it, to the chagrin of the French navigator.

Sharp allowed the monoplane to proceed under its own power, while he raced on to the finish mark, winning, of course, by a large margin.

Perhaps I should if I were using the biplane, but a monoplane is a one-man show--if you want to get the last foot of life out of it.

There was a second--opalcoloured and fleecy--at a great height above my head, a white, unbroken ceiling above, and a dark, unbroken floor below, with the monoplane labouring upwards upon a vast spiral between them.

Soaring in circles like a monstrous hawk upon the fortythousand-foot level I let the monoplane guide herself, and with my Mannheim glass I made a careful observation of my surroundings.

As the monoplane shot through it, I was aware of a faint taste of oil upon my lips, and there was a greasy scum upon the woodwork of the machine.