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Encyclopedia > Nieuport 28
Nieuport 28
Reproduction of the Nieuport 28 at the US Air Force Museum
Description
Role Fighter
Crew Pilot
First Flight
Entered Service March 1916
Manufacturer Nieuport
Dimensions
Length 24.4 ft 7.8 m
Wingspan 26 ft 3 in 8.1 m
Height 8 ft 0 in 2.5 m
Wing area 169 ft² 15.8 m²
Weights
Empty 1227 lb 475 kg
Loaded 1635 lb 560 kg
Maximum takeoff lb kg
Capacity
Powerplant
Engines Gnome 9-N rotary.
Power 160 hp 102kW
Performance
Maximum speed 122 mph 184 km/h
Combat range 180 miles 349 km
Service ceiling 17390 ft 5300 m
Rate of climb 11.5 min to 3,000 m (9,840 ft)
Wing loading 7.77 lb/ft² 37.9 kg/m²
Power/Mass 0.09 hp/lb 0.15 kW/kg
Avionics
Avionics
Armament
Guns 2 Vickers .303-cal. machine guns

The Nieuport 28 (N.28C-1) was a French biplane fighter aircraft flown during World War I, built by Nieuport and designed by Gustave Delage. It was the first fighter airplane flown in combat by pilots of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) in WWI. Its second armed patrol with an AEF unit on April 14, 1918, resulted in two victories when Lts. Alan Winslow and Douglas Campbell (WWI Ace) (the first American-trained ace) of the 94th Aero Squadron each downed an enemy aircraft. Although the Nieuport 28 was considered obsolete at the time, American pilots maintained a favorable ratio of victories to losses with it. The Nieuport was more maneuverable than the sturdier SPAD XIII that replaced it, but it had a reputation for fragility and a tendency to shed its upper wing fabric in a dive. Even so, many WW I American pilots, such as Quentin Roosevelt, the son of US president Theodore Roosevelt, as well as American aces like the 26-victory ace, Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, flew the French-built Nieuport at one time or another in their careers. Image File history File links Nieuport28. ... Nieuport was a French aeroplane manufacturer founded in 1909 by Édouard de Nié Port. ... Vickers Armstrong (Aircraft) company logo Vickers, founded as the Vickers Company in 1828, was a British manufacturer, primarily of military equipment, traditionally based in Barrow-in-Furness. ... Hs123 biplane. ... An A-10 Thunderbolt II, F-86 Sabre, P-38 Lightning and P-51 Mustang fly in formation during an air show at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. ... Combatants Allied Powers: British Empire French Empire Italy Russian Empire Kingdom of Serbia United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria German Empire Ottoman Empire Commanders Douglas Haig Sir John Jellicoe Ferdinand Foch Nikolay II Nikolay Yudenich Radomir Putnik Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Reinhard Scheer Franz Josef I Oskar... Nieuport was a French aeroplane manufacturer founded in 1909 by Édouard de Nié Port. ... Officers of the American Expeditionary Force and the Baker mission The American Expeditionary Force or AEF was the United States military force in World War I. The AEF helped the French defend the Western Front during the Aisne Offensive in May. ... Douglas Campbell (center) poses with fellow 94th Aero Squadron aviators Eddie Rickenbacker (l. ... Lt. ... Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. ... Edward Vernon (Eddie) Rickenbacker (October 8, 1890 – July 27, 1973) was an American fighter pilot who flew in World War I. He was born Edward Rickenbacher in Columbus, Ohio to Swiss immigrants. ...


Operators

See also: List of military aircraft of France France has used many military aircraft both in its air force, the Armée de lAir, and other branches of its armed forces. ...


External links and Other Sources

See also:
Nieuport Fighters in Action published by Squadron/Signal Publications
Air Force Museum Article
Nieuport 28 Diagrams
Nieuport 28 Profiles

Aviation in World War I

Aces | Aircraft of the Entente Powers | Aircraft of the Central Powers | Zeppelins | Category: World War I Aircraft Nieuport Fighter Aisne, France 1917 Aerial warfare was introduced alongside many other innovations in World War I. Previously wars had been fought on land and at sea, but the advent of aircraft technology allowed a third dimension: a war in the air. ... This is a list of World War I flying aces by nationality (Number of victories in parentheses). ... This is a list of military aircraft used by the Entente Powers in World War I. // United Kingdom Fighters & Interceptors AD Scout Airco DH.2 (aka De Havilland DH.2) (1915) Armstrong Whitworth Siskin Bristol F.2 Fighter(April 1917) Morane-Saulnier Type L (1913) (fighter/reconnaissance) Morane-Saulnier Type... // Fighters and Interceptors Albatros D.I (1916) Albatros D.II (1916) Albatros D.III (1916) Albatros D.V Aviatik C.VI Damiler L.6 Fokker D.I Fokker D.II Fokker D.III Fokker D.IV Fokker D.V Fokker D.VI Fokker D.VII (1918) Fokker D.VIII (aka... LZ127 Graf Zeppelin, one of the two zeppelins that carried passengers from Germany to the United States. ...


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  Results from FactBites:
 
Nieuport 28 (3191 words)
None of the Nieuport 28 airplanes that Mantz had acquired was in flying condition.
Beyond the four clipped-wing Nieuports first sold by Garland Lincoln to Paramount in 1938, Mantz apparently acquired at least one other set of original Nieuport 28 wings at some time before the parts were photographed by Brady at Orange County in the 1950s.
Moreover, the Nieuport 28 type is in the national collection primarily because of its place in U.S. air operations during World War I, not because of its minor role as a post-war trainer.
Gallery of Classics - Fighters: Nieuport 28C.1 (354 words)
The Nieuport 28 was the first airplane flown in combat by pilots of the American Expeditionary Force in World War I. Pilots from the 94th Aero Squadron (the "Hat-in- the-Ring" Squadron) made the first US operational flights across the front lines in France on March 19, 1918.
The Nieuport 28 was also flown by the 27th, 95th, and 103d Aero Squadrons.
The Nieuport 28 was also flown by Switzerland and Greece.
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