Deperdussin TT

what is it?

The Deperdussin TT was a French monoplane built by Société Pour les Appareils Deperdussin, later to become S.P.A.D. Introduced in 1912, the type was one widely used by the French Air Force (then Aviation Militaire) before the First World War. In February 1914, an experiment was made to install a machine gun on the aircraft, but this did not see service. A number were used by the Naval Wing of the British Royal Flying Corps, one being fitted with floats and flown from Lake Windemere.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 114 km/htop speed
• size 725 kgmax take-off weight

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

• 🚗Wingspan of 11 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

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introduced

1912

number built

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role

general-purpose monoplane

makers

Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés

engines

1× Gnome Rotary / Gnome rotary engine

length

7.9 m

wingspan

11 m

height

2.7 m

max take-off weight

725 kg

top speed

114 km/h

range

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wings

monoplane

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