He was Ormer Locklear, a young American pilot, who stepped out onto the wing of his biplane during World War I to fix a mechanical problem.
Tiger Brewer stepped out onto the wing of his grandfather’s biplane while it was flying at 160 kilometers per hour to set the world record.
At this meet there were five flying machines,—three biplanes, a monoplane, and a dirigible balloon.
Both boys stared at the terrible picture of the descending biplane nearing the heaving surface of the lake.
Damaged monoplanes and biplanes were brought back for repairs.
Dick nodded and, not without an effort, brought the biplane around.
Something appeared to be wrong with the black biplane's motor.
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Characterization of the right ventricular pressure-volume relationship usingbiplaneangiography and simultaneous micromanometer pressure measurements.
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Prospective studies using newer pediatricbiplaneor multiplane scanners which are more equivalent to resonance imaging should be compared in the future.
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Ventricular volume was calculated using a modifiedbiplanearea/length method.
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Above 14 kg thebiplaneprobe was used.
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Abiplanegrid is placed between the outlet of the contraction and the entrance of the test section.
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Biplane, orthogonal rotational angiograms were used for image acquisition.
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Biplaneright ventriculogram was obtained before and immediately after the procedure.
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Biplanecineventriculography was achieved in a p-a and lateral projection.
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We do not oven know whether our machines should be cantilever monoplanes or braced biplanes or cantilever biplanes.
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Thebiplanehad been overhauled by the maker shortly before the accident took place.
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Therefore, as our supply of biplanes fades away, so are we bringing in a supply of elementary trainers of the low-wing monoplane type.
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Earlier he was one of the main protagonists of the monoplane as more efficient than thebiplane.
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It may well be that we shall have a swing back to thebiplane.
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They have given us hangars high enough to take thebiplanenow no longer needed, and consequently they are very vulnerable targets.
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These were the old classicbiplanetypes with which the 1914–18 war was fought and that breed, or species, really lasted until about 1930.
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