Nieuport 11

what is it?

The Nieuport 11 (or Nieuport XI C.1 in contemporary sources), nicknamed the Bébé, is a French World War I single seat sesquiplane fighter aircraft, designed by Gustave Delage. It was the primary aircraft that ended the Fokker Scourge in 1916. The type saw service with several of France's allies, and gave rise to the series of "vee-strut" Nieuport fighters that remained in service (latterly as trainers) into the 1920s.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 7.6 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 162 km/htop speed
• range 250 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 1passengers
• size 480 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

• 🎂First flew 110 years ago, in 1916.

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

spec sheet

first flight

1916-01-05

introduced

1916

retired

1917

status

retired

number built

—

role

fighter

makers

Aermacchi, Nieuport

engines

1× Le Rhône 9C

crew

1

passengers

1

length

5.5 m

wingspan

7.6 m

height

2.4 m

max take-off weight

480 kg

top speed

162 km/h

range

250 km

ceiling

5,000 m

wings

sesquiplane

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

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