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triplane
Sign in to saveAlso known as triplane configuration
thumb|Sopwith Triplane in flight (2014) A triplane is a fixed-wing aircraft equipped with three vertically stacked wing planes. Tailplanes and canard foreplanes are not normally included in this count, although they occasionally are.
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13 sectionsContents
- Design principles
- History
- Pioneer years
- Fighter triplanes
- Zeppelin killers
- Bombers, transports and patrol
- The racing triplanes
- Private aviation
- Tandem triplanes
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Bibliography
thumb|Sopwith Triplane in flight (2014) A triplane is a fixed-wing aircraft equipped with three vertically stacked wing planes. Tailplanes and canard foreplanes are not normally included in this count, although they occasionally are.
==Design principles== 211px|right|thumb|Front view of a triplane The triplane arrangement may be compared with the biplane in a number of ways.
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