ENGLISH

Nieuport Aces of World War I

By Norman Franks , Harry Dempsey

Book information

Publisher
Osprey
Year
2000
ISBN
9781855329614, 1-85532-961-1
Open Library ID
OL8993193M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
21 MB (22428069 bytes)
Series
Aircraft of the Aces 042
Edition
1St Edition
Pages
94\94
Topic
History
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

The French Nieuport company provided the Allied air forces with the first true fighter scout of World War 1 in the shape of the diminutive XI of 1915. Based on the Bebe racer, built for the abandoned Gordon-Bennett Trophy of the previous year, the aircraft utilised a sesquiplane (lower wing much smaller than the upper wing) arrangement which gave the XI extreme manoeuvrability. It was the only scout respected by the all-conquering German Fokker E-series of 1915-16, and was flown by French, British, Russian, Belgian and Italian aces. The XI was replaced from May 1916 onwards by the bigger and more powerful XVII. which proved to be one of the best fighters of World War 1.

Similar books