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- noun Plural form of
triplane .
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Aviation companies by the scores produced monoplanes, biplanes, even triplanes, and incorporated all sorts of engines, designs and construction methods.
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Meanwhile Connor and I had to face the near invincible German triplanes.
Archive 2006-10-01 MaksimSmelchak 2006
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Meanwhile Connor and I had to face the near invincible German triplanes.
Archive 2006-10-01 MaksimSmelchak 2006
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Meanwhile Connor and I had to face the near invincible German triplanes.
MINI WARGAMING: Dogfight at MWSS! MaksimSmelchak 2006
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Meanwhile Connor and I had to face the near invincible German triplanes.
MINI WARGAMING: Revisiting the Great War (14 October 2006) MaksimSmelchak 2006
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I zoomed around in sports cars and bright red Fokker triplanes.
My Dark Places Ellroy, James, 1948- 1996
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By the way, the Royal Naval triplanes had been sent over 'specially for this work, and they did great execution among the enemy planes.
Into the Jaws of Death Jack O'Brien
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Gertie was miles back, concealed behind piles of triplanes and helicopters and following-surface monoplanes which the wizard inventor, C. Ericson, was creating and ruthlessly destroying ....
The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Sinclair Lewis 1918
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There are some triplanes, but they have not been very successful, and there are some freak aeroplanes built with as many as eight sets.
Dick Hamilton's Airship, or, a Young Millionaire in the Clouds Howard Roger Garis 1917
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The growth of the aeroplane industry has developed as many makes of machines as there are makes of automobiles, but in a general way aeroplanes are divided into four classes -- monoplanes, biplanes, triplanes and hydroplanes.
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights Kelly Miller 1901
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