A monoplane is an aircraft with one main set of wing surfaces, in contrast to a biplane or triplane. Since the late 1930s it has been the “ordinary” form for a fixed wing aircraft.
In a high-wing monoplane, the wing upper surface is mounted above the top of the fuselage. The term parasol monoplane, is more or less obsolete - it used to be applied to a high-wing monoplane, especially one where the wing was mounted well above the fuselage.
Today, small, light airplanes, like the Piper Cub, are high-wing monoplanes.
From Aero Digest, April, 1935:
National Airplane and Motor Company, Billings, Montana
• President and General Manager: A. B. Green. Vice-president: R. J. O’Malley. Chief Engineer: Hugh Thompson.
Two-place open high-wing monoplane. National 35 engine. 35 horsepower. Approval 2-465. Span 36 feet. Length overall 20 feet. Height overall 8 feet. Wing area 175 square feet. [...]
From Aero Digest, April, 1935:
Mercury Aircraft, Incorporated, Hammondsport, N. Y.
• President and General Manager: J. F. Meade. Vice-president and Chief Engineer: H. C. Mummert.
Two-place open high-wing monoplane. ATC 235. LeBlond engine, 90 horsepower. Span 35 feet 8 inches. Length overall 23 feet. Height overall 8 feet 7 inches. Wing area 192 square feet. [...]
From Aero Digest, April, 1935:
The Glenn L. Martin Company, Baltimore, Maryland
• President: Glenn L. Martin. Vice-president and Assistant General Manager: L. C. Milburn. Chief Engineer: B. C. Boulton.
Fifty-place closed high-wing flying boat.
Four Pratt & Whitney twin-row Wasp (geared) engines, 800 horsepower each. Span 130 feet. Length overall 90 feet 10.5 inches. Height overall 24 feet [...]
photo probably taken at East Boston airport, c. 1937
Luscombe Phantom, NC1344? Most likely, this is a Model 4 with a 90 hp Warner, called the “90″ at first and is a smaller Phantom in most ways.
Powered by a 145hp radial Warner Super Scarab engine, the Phantom was the forerunner to the popular Luscombe 8 series.
From [...]
Amelia Earhart flew a Lockheed Vega 5B on her 1928 trans-Atlantic flight.
The most famous Lockheed Vega was the “Winnie Mae,” that Wiley Post flew around the world in 1931.
Aircraft description from Aero Digest, April, 1935:
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California
• Seven-place high-wing monoplane. A TC 384. P. & W. Wasp S3Dl engine, 450 horsepower. Span 41 [...]
From Aero Digest, April, 1935:
Lambert Aircraft Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri
• President: Wooster Lambert. Vice-president and General Manager: John C. N ulsen. Sales Manager: Clare W. Bunch. Chief Engineer: Tom Towle.
Two-place high-wing monoplane. Lambert R-266 engine, 90 horsepower. Span 32 feet. Length overall 20 feet 6 inches. Height overall, 6 feet 11 inches. Wing [...]
The Fairchild XC-31 was an experimental cargo aircraft built for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Note the retractable landing gear on this large, strut-braced monoplane. Fairchild XC-31 (Kreider-Reisner): The large XC-31, built by the Kreider-Reisner division of Fairchild aircraft was used, in part, for icing studies while with the NACA at Langley. This is the [...]
From Aero Digest, April, 1935
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Fairchild Aircraft Corporation, Hagerstown, Maryland
• Ten-place high-wing amphibion. Pratt and Whitney Hornet S3Dl engine, 645 horsepower. Span 57 feet. Length overall 45 feet 9 inches. Height overall 15 feet 11 inches. Wing area 475 square feet. Power loading 13.2 pounds per horsepower. Wing loading 17.9 pounds per square foot.
Empty weight 4972 [...]
Fairchild 24 equipped with floats. East Boston airport, July 21, 1936in front of Shobe Airlines hangar.
The Fairchild Model 24, a four-seat, single-engine monoplane, was in production from 1932 - 1946; altogether 2,232 were built. As a light transport aircraft used by the US Army Air Corps, it was designated UC-61. The Model 24 [...]
From Aero Digest, April, 1935:
Fairchild Aircraft Corporation, Hagerstown, Maryland
• Two-place open high-wing monoplane. Warner Super Scarab engine, 145 horsepower. Span 33 feet. Length overall 22 feet 3 inches. Height overall 7 feet II inches. Wing area 173 square feet. Power loading 14.5 pounds per horsepower. Wing loading 12.4 pounds per square foot.
Empty weight 1240 pounds. [...]
