SPAD S.XIV

what is it?

The SPAD XIV was a French biplane floatplane fighter aircraft built by Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés (SPAD) and flown by the French Navy during World War I.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 engine · 9.8 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 205 km/htop speed
• range 249 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,060 kgmax take-off weight
• built 40made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 109 years ago, in 1917.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 9.8 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

spec sheet

first flight

1917

introduced

1918

number built

40

role

seaplane fighter

origin

🇫🇷 France

makers

Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés

engines

1× Hispano-Suiza 8BeC

crew

1

length

7.4 m

wingspan

9.8 m

height

4 m

max take-off weight

1,060 kg

top speed

205 km/h

range

249 km

ceiling

4,999 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.