The specification accepted entries for both monoplane and biplane designs, and no less than six companies made the final consideration. Among these was the XSB2U-1 monoplane, offered by the Chance ...

The Detroiter was unique from many planes in that it made the transition from being a biplane to a monoplane, and it would go on to be the first aircraft produced by the Stinson Aircraft Company.

The Type VIII marked another turning point for Blériot. This monoplane, built and repeatedly modified in 1908, looked akin to its predecessor but had significant changes. Most critically ...

Fabre, who accomplished this feat with a monoplane of his own invention the last of March, 1910. About a year later Glenn Curtiss, at San Diego, fitted a float to his biplane and made it rise from ...