This is a list of aircraft types having

triplane A triplane is a fixed-wing aircraft equipped with three vertically stacked wing planes. Tailplanes and canard foreplanes are not normally included in this count, although they occasionally are. Design principles The triplane arrangement m ...

wings. ! Type ! Country ! Date ! Role ! Status ! Notes , - , Albatros Dr.I , , Germany , , 1917 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , Based on the Albatros D.V biplane. , - , Albatros Dr.II , , Germany , , 1918 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , Based on the Albatros D.X biplane. , - ,

American Flea The American Flea Ship (Flea Triplane) is a homebuilt triplane design of the early 1930s. It is one of the first examples of a female-designed-and-built aircraft. One example is displayed at the Wings of a Dream Museum. Development The American ...

, , USA , , data-sort-value="1939.5", c. 1939 , , Private , , Homebuilt , , Triplane variant of the Mignet Pou du Ciel. Lower wing plane is all-moving ailerons. , - , Armstrong Whitworth F.K.5 , , United Kingdom , , 1915 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , Never flown. Middle wing longer span than the others. , - , Armstrong Whitworth F.K.6 , , United Kingdom , , 1916 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , Middle wing longer span than the others. , - , Astoux-Vedrines , , France , , data-sort-value="1916.5", c. 1916 , , Experimental , , Prototype , , Wing incidence could be varied in flight. , - , Austin Osprey , , United Kingdom , , 1918 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , , - , Aviatik 30.24 , , Austria-Hungary , , 1917 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , Based on the Aviatik (Berg) D.I biplane. , - , Avro 547 , , United Kingdom , , 1920 , , Transport , , Prototype , , 2 built. Based on the Avro 504, with a third wing added. , - , Battaille Triplane , , Belgium , , 1911 , , , , Prototype , , Designed by . Several short flights or hops. , - ,

Bell Oionus I The Oionus I was a tetrahedral triplane built for Alexander Graham Bell It was the culmination of Bell's experiments with kites built at Baddeck, Nova Scotia. The aircraft's design combined those of the Aerial Experiment Association (AEA)'s AEA ...

, , Canada , , 1910 , , Experimental , , Prototype , , Failed to fly. Triplane variant of Bell's octahedral wing. , - , Berliner Helicopter No.5 , , USA , , 1923 , , Experimental , , Prototype , , In 1923, the Helicopter incorporated triplane wings to allow for gliding in case of an engine failure. , - ,

Besson H-3 __NOTOC__ The Besson H-3 was a French civil touring triplane flying boat designed by the Marcel Besson company of Boulogne. One aircraft was built and the type did not enter production. Design and development The H-3 was designed as a civil tour ...

, , France , , 1921 , , Private , , , , or Besson MB.12 , - ,

Besson H-5 __NOTOC__ The Besson H-5 (or sometimes Besson MB-11) was a French transport quadruplane flying boat designed by the Marcel Besson company of Boulogne. The only H-5 was damaged and development was abandoned. Development The HB.5 (MB-10) originall ...

, , France , , 1922 , , Transport flying boat , , Prototype , , , - , Besson H-6 , , France , , 1921 , , Patrol , , , , Mailplane. Lower wing the largest and top wing the smallest. , - , Besson LB , , France , , 1919 , , Patrol , , , , Flying boat , - , Besson HB.2 , , France , , , , , , , , , - , Besson MB-10 , , France , , , , , , , , , - , Besson MB-11 , , France , , , , , , , , , - , Besson Hydravion école , , France , , 1919 , , , , , , Flying boat, exhibited at the 1919 Paris Aero Show. , - , , Blackburn Triplane , , United Kingdom , , 1917 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , Pusher propeller and boom-mounted empennage to allow an upwards-firing 2-pounder recoilless gun. , - , Boeing GA-1 , , USA , , 1920 , , Attack , , Production , , Heavily armoured twin. 10 ordered, not operational. , - , Bousson-Borgnis triplane , , France , , 1908 , , , , Bomber , , Canard. Failed to fly. , - , ,

Bristol Braemar The Bristol Braemar was a British heavy bomber aircraft developed at the end of the First World War for the Royal Air Force. Only two prototypes were constructed. Development The prototype Braemar was developed in response to the establishment ...

, , United Kingdom , , 1918 , , Bomber , , Prototype , , Mk II flown in 1919. , - , ,

Bristol Pullman The Bristol Pullman was a British prototype passenger aircraft developed from the Braemar triplane heavy bomber. Design and development The Pullman was developed as a 14-passenger variant of the Braemar bomber. The third prototype Braemar was ...

, , United Kingdom , , 1920 , , Transport , , Prototype , , The Bristol Pullman 14-seat transport variant flew in 1920. , - , ,

Bristol Tramp The Bristol Tramp was a British steam-powered passenger and airmail transport aircraft designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company. It was built but never flew. Development The Tramp was a development of Bristol's earlier Pullman passenger airc ...

, , United Kingdom , , 1921 , , Transport , , Prototype , , 2 built, never flown. , - , Caproni Ca.4 , , Italy , , 1914 , , Bomber , , Production , , Military designation of a line of bombers which would also see airliner variants. Types include the Ca.40,41,42,43,48,51,52,58,59. , - , Caproni Ca.40 , , Italy , , 1914 , , Bomber , , Prototype , , 3 built. , - ,

Caproni Ca.41 The Caproni Ca.4 was an Italian heavy bomber of the World War I era. Development After designing the successful Ca.3, Gianni Caproni of the Caproni works designed a much bigger aircraft. It shared the unusual layout of the Caproni Ca.3, being a ...

, , Italy , , 1918 , , Bomber , , Production , , Re-engined Ca.40. , - , Caproni Ca.42 , , Italy , , 1918 , , Bomber , , Production , , Re-engined Ca.41. , - , Caproni Ca.43 , , Italy , , 1918 , , Bomber , , Prototype , , Floatplane variant of the Ca.4. , - ,

Caproni Ca.48 The Caproni Ca.4 was an Italian heavy bomber of the World War I era. Development After designing the successful Ca.3, Gianni Caproni of the Caproni works designed a much bigger aircraft. It shared the unusual layout of the Caproni Ca.3, being ...

, , Italy , , 1919 , , Transport , , , , Converted from surplus Ca.42. , - , , Caproni Ca.49 , , Italy , , 1919 , , Transport , , Project , , Seaplane.Mulder, R.; (2009)
The civilian transport aircraft of Caproni (1918-1939)
(pdf). Retrieved 29 October 2013. , - , Caproni Ca.51 , , Italy , , , , Bomber , , , , Ca.42 variant with biplane tail and tail gun. , - , Caproni Ca.52 , , Italy , , 1918 , , Bomber , , Production , , Ca.42 built for the RNAS. Six built. , - , Caproni Ca 53 , , Italy , , 1917 , , Bomber , , Prototype , , 1 completed, never flown. Preserved in the Gianni Caproni Museum of Aeronautics. , - , Caproni Ca.54 , , Italy , , 1919 , , Transport , , , , Conversion of the Caproni Ca 53. , - , Caproni Ca.55 , , Italy , , 1920 , , Transport , , , , Seaplane derived from the Caproni Ca 54. , - , Caproni Ca.58 , , Italy , , , , Transport , , , , Ca.48 re-engined with Fiat A.14 or Isotta Fraschini V.6. , - , Caproni Ca.59 , , Italy , , , , Transport , , Project , , Designation of Ca.58 intended for customers outside Italy. , - , Caproni Ca.60 , , Italy , , 1921 , , Transport , , Prototype , , The "Noviplano" was a triple tandem triplane which crashed on its maiden flight. , - , Caproni-Pensuti triplane , , Italy , , 1920 , , Private , , , , , - , , Catron & Fisk CF-10 , , USA , , data-sort-value="1925.5", c. 1925 , , Transport , , , , , - , Curtiss 18-T , , USA , , 1918 , , Fighter , , Production , , Known variously as the "Wasp" and the "Kirkham". , - , Curtiss Autoplane , , USA , , 1917 , , Private , , Prototype , , Flying car. Flew only short hops. , - , Curtiss BT , , USA , , 1917 , , Utility , , Prototype , , Seaplane, referred to as the "Flying lifeboat" or "Baby T". , - , Curtiss Model FL , , USA , , 1917 , , , , Prototype , , Flying boat comprising Model F hull with Model L wings. , - , Curtiss GS-1 , , USA , , 1918 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , Floatplane. , - , , Curtiss Model L , , USA , , 1916 , , Trainer , , Production , , Landplane and floatplane variants. , - , , Curtiss Model S , , USA , , 1917 , , Fighter , , Production , , S-4 and S-5 were floatplanes. , - , Curtiss Model T , , USA , , 1916 , , Patrol , , Prototype , , Flying boat. Known as the "Wanamaker" , - , Curtiss-Judson Triplane , , USA , , 1917 , , Utility flying boat , , Operational , , Flying boat. Slightly enlarged triplane version of the standard Curtiss F-Boat. , - , Curiss-Cox racer , , USA , , 1921 , , Private , , Operational , , Also called the "Cactus kitten", a one-off triplane conversion of Cox's "Texas wildcat". , - , Dorand 1908 triplane , , France , , 1908 , , , , Prototype , , Military triplane. , - , , Dufaux triplane , , Switzerland , , 1908 , , Experimental , , Prototype , , Tandem triplane with biplane tail and tiltrotor. Failed to fly. , - , Dunne-Huntington Triplane , , UK , , data-sort-value="1910.5", 1910 or 1911 , , Experimental , , Prototype , , Not strictly a triplane but a

three-surface aircraft A three-surface aircraft or sometimes three-lifting-surface aircraft has a foreplane, a central wing and a tailplane. The central wing surface always provides lift and is usually the largest, while the functions of the fore and aft planes may ...

, having a pair of tandem wings with a third set above and between them, but referred to as a "triplane" by its designer, J. W. Dunne. , - , DFW T.34 II , , Germany , , 1917 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , , - , ,

Ellehammer triplane __NOTOC__ The Ellehammer triplane was a pioneering aircraft built in Denmark in 1907. Unlike Ellehammer's semi-biplane of the previous year, this (otherwise unnamed) triplane was capable of making free, untethered flights. The aircraft featured t ...

, , Denmark , , 1907 , , Experimental , , Prototype , , First powered triplane to fly. , - , Euler Dreidecker Type 1 , , Germany , , 1916 , , Trainer , , Prototype , , , - , Euler Dreidecker Type 2 , , Germany , , 1917 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , Later modified as a biplane. , - , Euler Dreidecker Type 3 , , Germany , , 1917 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , Later modified as a biplane. , - , Euler Dreidecker Type 4 , , Germany , , 1918 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , , - , Euler Dreidecker Type 5 , , Germany , , 1918 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , Triplane variant of the Euler Vierdecker

quadruplane In aviation, a multiplane is a fixed-wing aircraft-configuration featuring multiple wing planes. The wing planes may be stacked one above another, or one behind another, or both in combination. Types having a small number of planes have specific nam ...

. , - , Faccioli Triplane , , Italy , , 1909 , , Experimental , , Prototype , , Crashed after a short hop. , - , Farman Voisin , , France , , 1908 , , Experimental , , Prototype , , Original Voisin machine modified to a triplane. , - , Felixstowe Fury , , United Kingdom , , 1918 , , Long-range flying boat , , Prototype , , Flying boat. Also known as the Porte Super-Baby , - ,

Fokker Dr.1 The Fokker Dr.I (''Dreidecker'', "triplane" in German), often known simply as the Fokker Triplane, was a World War I fighter aircraft built by Fokker-Flugzeugwerke. The Dr.I saw widespread service in the spring of 1918. It became famous as the ...

, , Germany , , 1917 , , Fighter , , Production , , Braced variant of the V.4, first flown as the V.5 , - , Fokker V.4 , , Germany , , 1917 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , Cantilever wings. , - , Fokker V.6 , , Germany , , 1917 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , , - , Fokker V.8 , , Germany , , 1917 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , Tandem design, having a triplane fore wing, biplane rear wing and monoplane tail stabiliser. , - ,

Friedrichshafen FF.60 The Friedrichshafen FF.60 was a German experimental floatplane produced by Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen. Development and design The FF.60 was an experimental large triplane floatplane, powered by four Mercedes D.III engines. Its first flight too ...

, , Germany , , 1918 , , Experimental , , Prototype , , Floatplane , - , Goupy No.1 , , France , , 1908 , , Experimental , , Prototype , , , - , Grade triplane , , Germany , , 1908 , , Experimental , , Prototype , ,

Hans Grade Hans Grade (May 17, 1879 – October 22, 1946) was a German aviation pioneer. Hans Grade was born in Köslin, Pomerania. On 28 October 1908 he successfully conducted the first motor-flight over German soil in a motorised triplane aircraft ...

. first German-built aeroplane to fly , - , Groos triplane , , France , , 1909 , , Experimental , , Prototype , , Alfred Groos' second design was a triplane which failed to fly. , - ,

Hansa-Brandenburg CC The Hansa-Brandenburg CC was a single-seat German fighter flying boat of World War I. It was used by both the ''Kaiserliche Marine'' (Imperial German Navy) and the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Development and design The Hansa-Brandenburg CC (where th ...

Triplane , , Germany , , 1917 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , Seaplane. One-off triplane variant of production biplane. , - , Hansa-Brandenburg L.16 , , Germany , , 1917 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , , - , Hansa-Brandenburg W.17 , , Germany , , 1917 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , Seaplane. Cantilever bottom wing. , - , Labourdette-Halbronn H.T.1 , , France , , 1918 , , Bomber , , Prototype , , 1 flown. Twin-hulled flying boat. , - , Labourdette-Halbronn H.T.2 , , France , , 1919 , , Bomber , , Prototype , , 2 flown. Development of the H.T.1 , - , Levy-Besson Alerte , , France , , 1917 , , Patrol , , Production , , Flying boat. Centre wing longer than the others. 100 built, used for patrol and ASW bombing rather than the "Alerte" role. , - , Levy-Besson 450-hp , , France , , 1918 , , , , , , Flying boat , - , Levy-Besson 300-hp , , France , , data-sort-value="1918.5", c. 1918 , , , , , , Flying boat. Under construction in 1918 , - , Levy-Besson 500-hp , , France , , data-sort-value="1918.5", c. 1918 , , , , , , Flying boat never completed? , - , Levy-Besson High Seas , , France , , data-sort-value="1919.5", c. 1919 , , , , Production , , Flying boat. Production batch of 100 was cancelled after some had been completed. Top and centre wings of equal span, bottom wing shorter. , - , Levy Besson HB.2 , , France , , 1919 , , , , , , , - , LFG Roland D.IV , , Germany , , 1917 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , Also known as the Dr. I. , - , Lloyd 40.15 , , Austria-Hungary , , 1917 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , , - , Lohner Typ A , , Austria-Hungary , , 1917 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , Later redesignated the 111.04. , - ,

Mitsubishi 1MT The Mitsubishi 1MT was a Japanese single-seat triplane torpedo bomber built by Mitsubishi for the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service. Designed by the former Sopwith designer Herbert Smith it was intended for use aboard the Japanese aircraft car ...

, , Japan , , 1922 , , Bomber , , Production , , Navy Type 10. , - , Morane-Saulnier TRK , , France , , 1915 , , Bomber , , Prototype , , 1 built. , - , Naval Aircraft Factory Giant Boat , , USA , , 1919 , , Patrol , , Prototype , , Flying boat. Never completed. , - , , Nieuport 10 Triplane , , France , , 1915 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , Extreme backwards stagger of top plane. , - , , Nieuport 17 Triplane , , France , , 1916 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , Extreme backwards stagger of top plane. , - , ,

Nieuport 17bis The Nieuport 17bis C.1 (or Nieuport XVIIbis C.1 in contemporary sources) was a World War I French single-seat sesquiplane fighter that was produced under licence in the United Kingdom in small numbers for the Royal Naval Air Service. Developme ...

Triplane , , France , , 1917 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , Extreme backwards stagger of top plane. , - , , Nieuport London , , UK , , 1920 , , Bomber , , Prototype , , Planned night bomber , - , Oeffag Type CF , , Austria-Hungary , , 1918 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , , - ,

Parnall Possum The Parnall Possum was an experimental triplane, with a single, central engine driving wing-mounted propellers via shafts and gears. Two of these British aircraft were built in the mid-1920s. Design and development The Parnall Possum was one ...

, , UK , , 1923 , , Experimental , , Prototype , , Research into centrally-mounted engine. , - , Pfalz Dr-Typ , , Germany , , 1917 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , Based on the Pfalz D.III biplane. , - , Pfalz Dr.I , , Germany , , 1918 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , Pre-series batch of 10 delivered. , - , Pfalz Dr.II , , Germany , , 1918 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , , - , Richter triplane , , Germany , , 1923 , , Private , , Prototype , , Hang-glider. One of several types flown by Hans Richter having varying numbers of planes. , - , Rodjestveisky triplane , , Russia , , 1911 , , Experimental , , Prototype , , , - ,

Roe I Triplane The Roe I Triplane (often later referred to as the Avro Triplane) was an early aircraft designed and built by A.V. Roe which was the first all-British aircraft to fly.Jackson 1990 p.6 (Roe's previous biplane had a French engine). Backgrou ...

, , United Kingdom , , 1909 , , Experimental , , Prototype , , Has been described as a tandem triplane due to its relatively large triplane aft plane."A. V. Goes Back"
''Flight'', 2 July 1954, p.2 , - , Roe II Triplane , , United Kingdom , , 1910 , , Experimental , , Prototype , , 2 built. , - , Roe III Triplane , , United Kingdom , , 1910 , , Private , , Production , , Small number sold. , - , Roe IV Triplane , , United Kingdom , , 1910 , , Experimental , , Prototype , , , - , Sablatnig SF.4Dr , , Germany , , 1917 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , Floatplane. Redesigned triplane variant of the SF.4 biplane. , - , , , Soviet Union , , 1922 , , Bomber , , , , , - , Schütte-Lanz Dr.I , , Germany , , 1917 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , , - , Siemens-Schuckert Dr.I , , Germany , , 1917 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , , - , Siemens-Schuckert DDr.I , , Germany , , 1917 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , , - ,

Sopwith Cobham The Sopwith Cobham was a British twin-engined triplane bomber aircraft designed and built by the Sopwith Aviation Company during the First World War. The only twin-engined aircraft built by Sopwith, the Cobham did not fly until after the end o ...

, , United Kingdom , , 1919 , , Bomber , , Prototype , , 3 flown , - , Sopwith Hispano-Suiza Triplane , , United Kingdom , , 1916 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , 2 flown. , - , Sopwith L.R.T.Tr. , , United Kingdom , , 1916 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , Combined escort fighter and airship interceptor. , - , Sopwith Rhino , , United Kingdom , , 1917 , , Bomber , , Prototype , , 2 flown , - , Sopwith Snark , , United Kingdom , , 1919 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , 3 flown , - ,

Sopwith Triplane The Sopwith Triplane was a British single seat fighter aircraft Fighter aircraft are fixed-wing military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat. In military conflict, the role of fighter aircraft is to establish air superiori ...

, , United Kingdom , , 1916 , , Fighter , , Production , , First military triplane in service. , - , Stringfellow triplane , , United Kingdom , , 1868 , , Experimental , , Project , , John Stringfellow showed his design at the world's first aeronautical exhibition, at the

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, London. , - ,

Tarrant Tabor The Tarrant Tabor was a British triplane bomber designed towards the end of the First World War and was briefly the world's largest aircraft. It crashed, with fatalities, on its first flight. Development The Tabor was the first and only aircraft ...

, , United Kingdom , , 1919 , , Bomber , , Prototype , , Crashed on its maiden flight. , - ,

Voisin Triplane The Voisin Triplanes were large experimental aircraft, experimental bombers built by Voisin (aircraft), Voisin in 1915 and 1916. After unsuccessful trials of the 1915 prototype a modified version with more powerful engines was built in 1916, as ...

, , France , , 1916 , , Bomber , , Prototype , , 3 flown , - ,

Witteman-Lewis XNBL-1 The Wittemann-Lewis NBL-1 "Barling Bomber"''Report on Official Performance Test of Barling Bomber, NLB-1, P-303, Light Load Configuration'', 14 April 1926. was an experimental long-range, heavy bomber built for the United States Army Air Service i ...

, , USA , , 1923 , , Bomber , , Prototype , , also known as "Barling Bomber". Same designer as Tabor. , - , W.K.F. 80.05 , , Austria-Hungary , , 1917 , , Fighter , , Prototype , ,

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