Bi-planes were flown extensively during the First World War - called bi-planes as they were able to 'fly both ways'. It was also due to the extraordinary percentage of fighter pilots who enjoyed going down diddley down down.
Bi-planes were favoured as the extra wings let them fly twice as high as planes with one set of wings. However the second set of wings went out of fashion in the roaring twenties and mono-planes have been all the rage ever since.
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