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Futuristic Biplane Design Eliminates Sonic Boom
A team of researchers at MIT and Stanford University has hit upon a biplane design that could eliminate the boom at supersonic speeds.
http://www.gizmag.com/boomless-biplane/21871/
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The Humble WWI Biplane That Helped Launch Commercial Flight - Wired
World War I was shaped by the new vehicles developed during the fours years of conflict. A century after the start of the war, we're looking back at the most remarkable planes, cars, tanks, zeppelins it helped bring about.
http://www.wired.com/2014/08/the-humble-wwi-biplane-that-helped-launch-commercial-flight
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Facts about the Biplanes - Answers
Biplanes have two wings, an upper and a lower. All biplanes have propellers although one or two do have turbo prop engines.
http://www.answers.com/Q/What_are_facts_about_the_biplanes
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Biplanes - Aviation Trivia
Biplanes (List of Historic Biplane Aircraft) throughout history, including trainers, fighters, bombers, and scouts, history, accomplishments, pictures, sounds, specifications.
http://www.aviationtrivia.org/BIPLANES.php
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Biplanes and US History - Air and Space Magazine
In recent years, more and more airplane fans have been spending their money and time restoring vintage aircraft - biplanes among them - and reaping more financial reward for doing it.
http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/biplanes-and-us-462225/?no-ist
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What Special Handling Characteristics or Techniques do Biplanes Have? - Aviation Stack Exchange
How does flying a biplane differ from flying a monoplane? Apart from the increased drag and lift, how does it handle differently, and what effect does that have on manoeuvring?
http://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/9981/what-special-handling-characteristics-or-techniques-do-biplanes-have
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What is a Biplane? (With Pictures) - WiseGeek
A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two similarly sized primary wings.
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-biplane.htm
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Biplane Aircraft - Britannica
Airplane with two wings, one above the other. In the 1890s this configuration was adopted for some successful piloted gliders.
http://www.britannica.com/technology/biplane
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Aircraft Design: Why are There No Longer Any Biplanes? - Aviation Stack Exchange
Is there an aerodynamic reason why the concept of biplane or triplane has been completely abandoned? Practically all planes were biplanes in WW1, and in WW2 practically none were developed.
http://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/12143/why-are-there-no-longer-any-biplanes
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Biplane - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other. The first aircraft to fly, the Wright Flyer, used a biplane wing arrangement, as did most aircraft in the early years of aviation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biplane
