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 the ...

Image (courtesy of Paul Maxim): Reginald White (in cockpit) and David Percival Fisher with the Fisher Monoplane at Pigeon Bush, Wairarapa, on a windy autumn day in 1913. The Film Archive commemorates ...

Click to open image viewer. Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIC single seat, low wing monoplane ground attack fighter; enclosed cockpit; steel tube fuselage with aircraft spruce forms and fabric, aluminum ...

On April 5, 1907, aviation history was made with the first flight of the Blériot V monoplane, marking the 118th anniversary of this pioneering moment. Designed by the renowned French engineer, ...

On this day in aviation history, July 14, 1916, the Bristol M.1 Monoplane Scout took to the skies for the first time. This distinctive single-wing fighter was a British design and remains the only ...