Nieuport
Société Anonyme des Éstablishments Nieuport was opened in 1909 by Édouard de Nieport[note 1] in Darracq, France. Édouard died in a crash in 1911 and the company leadership fell to his brother Charles, who subsequently died in a crash in 1913. Chief engineering responsibilities fell to Gustav Delage, who designed many of the famous Nieuport aircraft of WWI.[1]
Aircraft from the Great War or shortly thereafter include:
- Nieuport 4M/6M
- Nieuport 6H
- Nieuport 10
- Nieuport 11
- Nieuport 12
- Nieuport 13 [note 2]
- Nieuport 14
- Nieuport 15 [note 3]
- Nieuport 16
- Nieuport 17
- Nieuport 18 [note 4]
- Nieuport 19 [note 5]
- Nieuport 20
- Nieuport 21
- Nieuport 22 [note 6]
- Nieuport 23
- Nieuport 24
- Nieuport 25 [note 7]
- Nieuport 26 [note 8]
- Nieuport 27
- Nieuport 28
- Nieport-Delage 29 [note 9]
- Nieuport 30 [note 10]
- Nieuport 80-83 [note 11]
References
- Notes
- ↑ It is not known why the spelling of the founder and the company are different
- ↑ The Type 13 was a prototype 2-seat biplane that was not selected for production.[2]
- ↑ The Type 15 was a 1916 prototype two-seat bomber. At least two were built but it did not enter production.[3]
- ↑ The Type 18 was a prototype three-seater with a 150hp Hispano-Suiza engine.[4]
- ↑ The Type 19 was another multi-engine bomber prototype.[5]
- ↑ The Type 22 has not been identified.[6]
- ↑ The Type 25 was basically a Nieuport 24 with a 200hp Clerget 11E. One was used by Charles Nungesser but it never entered French production, though it may or may not have been used in Russia.[7]
- ↑ The Type 26 has not been identified.[6]
- ↑ The Type 29 was an advanced fighter that took until 1920 to enter service, where it remained until 1929.[8]
- ↑ The Type 30 was a two-seat bomber with a 450hp Renault engine. Too late for the war, a handful were built and used as early airliners.[9]
- ↑ The Types 80-83 were trainers built in the Nieuport 10 or 12 designs, with the 80hp Le Rhône engine.[10]
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Dr. James J. Davilla and Arthur M. Soltan. French Aircraft of the First World War. Flying Machines Press, 1997. ISBN 0-9637110-4-0.
- Vital Ferry. French Aviation During the First World War. Paris: Histoire and Collections, 2014. ISBN 978-2-35250-370-5