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Not strictly a triplane but a three-surface aircraft, having a pair of tandem wings with a third set above and between them, but referred to as a "triplane" by its designer, J. W. Dunne. DFW T.34 II: Germany: 1917: Fighter: Prototype: Ellehammer triplane: Denmark: 1907: Experimental: Prototype: First powered triplane to fly. Euler Dreidecker ...
A British Roe III Triplane in the United States in September 1910 with its designer, Alliot Verdon Roe, in the cockpit. Bousson-Borgnis canard triplane. The first heavier-than-air machine to carry a human on a free, untethered flight was a triplane glider constructed by George Cayley and flown in 1848.
Data from British Aeroplanes 1914–18 Aircraft Profile No. 73: The Sopwith Triplane General characteristics Crew: 1 Length: 18 ft 10 in (5.74 m) Wingspan: 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) Height: 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) Wing area: 231 sq ft (21.5 m 2) Empty weight: 1,101 lb (499 kg) Gross weight: 1,541 lb (699 kg) Powerplant: 1 × Clerget 9B 9-cylinder air-cooled rotary piston engine, 130 hp (97 kW ...
The Goupy No.1, a.k.a. Goupy I bis was an experimental aircraft built in France during 1908, which on 5 September that year became the first French triplane to fly. [citation needed] It was designed by Ambroise Goupy and built by Aéroplanes Voisin.
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The Roe I Triplane was a two-bay triplane: the tailplane, with a span of 10 ft (3.0 m) also had three surfaces and was a lifting rather than a stabilising surface, making up around 33% of the total lifting area. Pitch control was effected by altering the angle of incidence of the mainplanes, and lateral control was by wing-warping. The control ...
The Type D was the first biplane design by A.V. Roe.Like his earlier aircraft, the Roe IV Triplane, it was of tractor (aircraft) configuration and had a triangular section ash fuselage, divided in two-halves bolted together behind the cockpit for ease of transportation.
Anton Herman Gerard "Anthony" Fokker (6 April 1890 – 23 December 1939) was a Dutch aviation pioneer, aviation entrepreneur, aircraft designer, and aircraft manufacturer.He produced fighter aircraft in Germany during the First World War such as the Eindecker monoplanes, the Dr.1 triplane and the D.VII biplane.