Discover the story of the Bristol M.1 Monoplane Scout, Britain's only WWI monoplane fighter. Learn about its innovative ...

In 1932, the Martin B-10 redefined military aviation as the first all-metal monoplane bomber adopted by the U.S. Army Air Corps. Featuring innovations like retractable landing gear, an internal bomb ...

The Hillson FH.40 Hurricane, a slip-wing fighter aircraft, transformed during flight by jettisoning its upper wing and ...

A monoplane has aerodynamic advantages, but for one to achieve its full potential its wings need to be cantilevers, and they have to be built in such a way as to resist twisting.

Fashions in fighting planes have changed since the War. Nearly all nations have gone over from the once popular biplane type to the monoplane. But the U. S. government has continued satisfied with ...

THE recent order of the War Office suspending the use of monoplane flying machines for military purposes has led to the renewal, in the daily Press, of a discussion of the old riddle, “Which is ...

Biplanes Fought in World War II—and Are Still in the Air Today. The emergence of the monoplane, which featured better aerodynamics and higher speeds, eventually displaced the biplane as the ...

This article was originally published with the title “ The Revival of the Monoplane ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 125 No. 18 (December 1921), p. 111 doi ...