Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An airplane with wings placed above each other in three levels.
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- noun aviation An
airplane that has three pairs ofwings , one above the others
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Examples
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The triplane was a single-seater with a rotary engine and an open cockpit; it had RFC roundels on the fuselage.
The Rainbow and the Rose Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1958
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His planes included: the Fokker Eindecker and the Fokker D.R. 1, which was the triplane made famous by Baron Manfred von Richthofen, also known as The Red Baron.
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King Kong and triplane made out of Lego by Matt "monsterbrick" Armstrong.
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Super Punch: King Kong and triplane Lego skip to main
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King Kong and triplane made out of Lego by Matt "monsterbrick" Armstrong.
Archive 2008-11-01 2008
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Not by another ace, but when Richthofen made a rookie mistake and flew his red (note that's red) triplane over Brit anti-aircraft gunners while single mindedly pursuing another fighter.
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There, he designed the first successful triplane night-fighter and ran two bombing raids a month.
Savage Peace Ann Hagedorn 2007
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There, he designed the first successful triplane night-fighter and ran two bombing raids a month.
Savage Peace Ann Hagedorn 2007
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There, he designed the first successful triplane night-fighter and ran two bombing raids a month.
Savage Peace Ann Hagedorn 2007
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So that there would be no mistaking him in combat, he painted his Fokker triplane a bright red, thereby earning his famous nickname of der rote Freiherr, or “Red Baron.”
The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002
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