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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Nieuport 17bis (Nieuport & General) French First World War single seat fighter colourized drawing: NiD.29· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Nieuport 17bis in French markings, front quarter: official/unknown· Public domain
- 3. Nieuport 17bis in French markings, right side: official/unknown· Public domain
what is it?
The Nieuport 17bis C.1 (or Nieuport XVIIbis C.1 in contemporary sources) was a World War I French single-seat sesquiplane fighter that was produced under licence in the United Kingdom in small numbers for the Royal Naval Air Service.
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
- —
- introduced
- 1917
- status
- retired
- number built
- 84
- role
- fighter
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- makers
- Nieuport
- engines
- 1× Clerget 9B
- crew
- 1
- length
- 5.7 m
- height
- 2.4 m
- max take-off weight
- 600 kg
- top speed
- 175 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 7,010 m
- wings
- sesquiplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q67893118, Wikipedia: Nieuport 17bis (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.