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"Biplane" Quotes from Famous Books

... Grace entered Hope, so the young folks met almost as often as before. A term at Brill was followed by an unexpected trip Down East, where the Rover boys again brought the rascally Crabtree to terms. Then the lads became the possessors of a biplane, and took several thrilling trips through the air. About this time, Mr. Anderson Rover, who was not in the best of health, was having much trouble with some brokers, who were trying to swindle him out of valuable property. He went to New York ...

— The Rover Boys in Business • Arthur M. Winfield

... people in the front row did not know they were observed. They were alone—as much alone as though they were seated in a biplane, sweeping above ...

— The Red Cross Girl • Richard Harding Davis

... drumming, and the biplane not more than fifty feet above the earth made several circles about the little wood. John saw the men in it very clearly. He could even discern the German cast of countenance where all except the one at the wheel that controlled the two rudders had thrown ...

— The Forest of Swords - A Story of Paris and the Marne • Joseph A. Altsheler

... sanguine anticipations. On July 13, Bleriot flew from Etampes to Chevilly, 26 miles, in 44 minutes and 30 seconds, and on July 25 he made the first flight across the British Channel, 32 miles, in 37 minutes. Orville Wright made several sensational flights in his biplane around Berlin, while his brother Wilbur delighted New Yorkers by circling the Statue of Liberty and flying up the Hudson from Governor's Island to Grant's Tomb and return, a distance of 21 miles, in 33 minutes and 33 seconds during the Hudson-Fulton ...

— Marvels of Modern Science • Paul Severing

Words linked to "Biplane" : airplane, plane, aeroplane