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It depends on your definition of "successful".

Biplanes were the dominant type of aircraft for a couple of decades until manufacturing techniques, materials and design knowledge led to fully viable monoplanes.

Even today some biplanes are still in use, e.g. Pitts Special.

The Russian An-2 (Colt) was manufactured for 45 years (a record only recently beaten by the C-130 Hercules), with over 18,000 being made.

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A lot of "agricultural aircraft"--crop dusters--are biplanes, and they work well in that application. Grumman designed one called the Ag-Cat that went through many versions (and many manufacturers--crop dusters don't buy new airplanes until the old ones fall apart, and there aren't many people entering the exciting and insane world of crop dusting) and the latest ones are powered by PT-6A turboprop engines.

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