When did planes become wings?

[The Thunder Child]

I've been reading a 1910 Tom Swift book - Tom Swift and his Airship, in
which the dirigible is also outfitted with "planes" - i.e., wings.

And of course that's where monoplane, biplane and triplane come from,
though I confess I'd never connected the two.

So, can anyone tell me when an aeroplane's 'plane' started being
referred to as a wing?

Any help appreciated.


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[vincent p. norris]

>I've been reading a 1910 Tom Swift book - Tom Swift and his Airship, in
>which the dirigible is also outfitted with "planes" - i.e., wings.
>
>And of course that's where monoplane, biplane and triplane come from,
>though I confess I'd never connected the two.
>
>So, can anyone tell me when an aeroplane's 'plane' started being
>referred to as a wing?

Well, Tom Swift books are fiction-- figments of the author's
imagination.

I believe the Wright Brothers called them "wings." They spoke of
achieving lateral control by means of "wing warping."

vince norris