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===Private aviation=== [[File:Lithuanian glider BrO-18 Boružė by Br.Oškinis, 1975.jpg|thumb|Triplane glider BrO-18 Boružė by Br. Oškinis, 1975. Lithuanian Aviation Museum]] Some triplanes have been developed for private use. Perhaps the most unusual was the 1917 [[Curtiss Autoplane]], a triplane flying car. The same year, the more conventional Curtiss-Judson Triplane, a one-off and slightly enlarged triplane variant of the [[Curtiss Model F]], was sold for private use. After the war, in France the [[Besson H-3]] private tourer flew in 1921.{{sfn|Davilla|1997}} And in 1923 the German hang-glider enthusiast Hans Richter flew a triplane variant. Following the craze for the homebuilt tandem-wing [[Mignet Pou du Ciel]] (Flying Flea), a triplane variant, the [[American Flea Ship|American Flea]], was produced in America around 1939. In this variant the top wings were fixed and the bottom wing acted as all-flying ailerons. In 1975 a triplane glider, titled BrO-18 "Boružė" ([[Lithuanian language|lith]]. ''Ladybird'') was built in then-Soviet Lithuania by Bronius Oškinis. The aircraft having a wingspan of 4.9 meters, also earned the title of world's smallest glider at that time. Similar configuration was used in hydro-glider BrO-17V "Antelė" (Lith. ''Duckling'').<ref>{{Cite web|author=Jukna, V. |date=1977|title=B.Oškinio sklandytuvai. Nuo T-1 (Technikas-1) iki BrO-18 "Boružė"|url=https://www.plienosparnai.lt/page.php?1521|website=Plieno sparnai|language=lt}}</ref>
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