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tandem-wing aircraft

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A tandem-wing aircraft is an airplane with two or more sets of wings of similar size, positioned one in front of the other on the same level. This configuration differs from monoplanes (one wing), biplanes (two stacked wings), and triplanes. While not as common as other wing types, tandem-wing designs are a distinct aircraft configuration.12

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