Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A parasol wing monoplane is an aircraft design in which the wing is not mounted directly to the fuselage, but rather, the fuselage is supported beneath it by a set of struts, called cabane struts. Parasol wing designs resemble biplanes lacking their lower set of wings.This configuration has the advantage of providing excellent visibility from the cockpit, but the disadvantage of extra drag caused by the struts. A typical feature of light aircraft designed in the 1920s, such as the Pietenpol Air Camper and Heath Parasol, it is no longer a common configuration, but is still used in modern nostalgic designs for homebuilt aircraft such as the Loehle Sport Parasol.

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