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- 1. Aviation in Britain Before the First World War RAE-O599: Royal Engineers official photographer· Public domain
what is it?
The Martin-Handasyde Scout 1 was a British biplane aircraft of the early part of the First World War built by Martin-Handasyde Limited.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.4 m wingspan
base stats
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).
spec sheet
- first flight
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- introduced
- 1914
- number built
- 60
- role
- single-seat scout
- makers
- Martinsyde
- engines
- 1× Gnome rotary piston / Gnome rotary engine
- length
- 6.4 m
- wingspan
- 8.4 m
- height
- 2.5 m
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- range
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Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q577239, Wikipedia: Martinsyde S.1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.