monoplanes

'single-deckers' (as the Germans call monoplanes); which had the effect of reducing the wing-loading.

A History of Aeronautics Evelyn Charles Vivian 1914

I mean ... when monoplanes began outperforming, biplanes, they became the standard.

Are "special" bullets really necessary? 2009

His was the first class to train on monoplanes as opposed to the World War I-style biplanes.

Combat Ace Led Early Commando Operations Stephen Miller 2011

His was the first class to train on monoplanes as opposed to the World War I-style biplanes.

Combat Ace Led Early Commando Operations Stephen Miller 2011

I mean ... when monoplanes began outperforming, biplanes, they became the standard.

Are "special" bullets really necessary? 2009

The machines that they were flying were enclosed monoplanes with twin engines; in summer they would dispense with helmets.

In Spite of Their Declaration of Bombs 2010

Each of the big monoplanes taxied to the end of the runway in practically complete darkness, guided only by the flicker of flash-lamps.

In Spite of Their Declaration of Bombs 2010

Aviation companies by the scores produced monoplanes, biplanes, even triplanes, and incorporated all sorts of engines, designs and construction methods.

Ben Rosen: Eclipse Aviation Takes Off 2008

Battleship Row came under torpedo-plane assault at 7:55 A.M. From Hickam Field observers saw nine single-engine low-wing monoplanes aim at the seven battleships moored to quays on the Diamond Head side of Ford Island.

DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001

Madeleine, as I quickly began to think of Lieutenant Colonel Batten while we were getting acquainted over dinner, confided that she had stayed up late the night before, making 123 tiny high-winged monoplanes, one for each place at each table.

No More Words Reeve Lindbergh 2001