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- noun A
biplane having one longwing and one short one above or below it.
Etymologies
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Examples
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For this reason the Nieuport was designated a “sesquiplane” one-and-a-half wing.
American Connections James Burke 2007
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For this reason the Nieuport was designated a “sesquiplane” one-and-a-half wing.
American Connections James Burke 2007
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After the war, as private flying became fashionable, the same wing design was taken up again by a New York company, which produced over two hundred sesquiplane Brunner-Winkle “Birds” for such flying elites as Lindbergh’s wife.
American Connections James Burke 2007
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After the war, as private flying became fashionable, the same wing design was taken up again by a New York company, which produced over two hundred sesquiplane Brunner-Winkle “Birds” for such flying elites as Lindbergh’s wife.
American Connections James Burke 2007
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