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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Lt. Destainville of Escadrille N 87 in his Nieuport 27 fighter at Lunéville airfield before departing on a flight (cropped): lieutenant de Preissac· Public domain
- 2. Nieuport 27 of 31st Aero squadron with fancy paint job: San Diego Air & Space Museum archives· Public domain
- 3. Airplanes - Types - The smallest of our airplanes. A French type, Nieuport 27, used at Mineola, L.I. in instructing cadets difficult air stunts - NARA - 17342105: Unknown author Unknown author or not provided· Public domain
- 4. Capt. Keeling Pulliam and his Nieuport 27 Jazzbo at Issoudun painted to resemble a fish 2: SDASM Archives· No restrictions
- 5. Capt. Keeling Pulliam's Nieuport 27 Jazzbo at Issoudun painted to resemble a fish: SDASM Archives· No restrictions
- 6. Cazaux AIC - Nieuport 27 training aircraft US 20: Air Service, United States Army photograph· Public domain
- 7. Cazaux AIC - Nieuport 27 training aircraft: Air Service, United States Army photograph· Public domain
- 8. Lt. Destainville of Escadrille N 87 in his Nieuport 27 fighter at Lunéville airfield before departing on a flight: lieutenant de Preissac· Public domain
- 9. Lt. Destainville with Nieuport 27 fighter of escadrille N 87 at Lunéville airfield. Destainville downed 4 German aircraft (cropped): lieutenant de Preissac· Public domain
- 10. Lt. Destainville with Nieuport 27 fighter of escadrille N 87 at Lunéville airfield. Destainville downed 4 German aircraft: lieutenant de Preissac· Public domain
what is it?
The Nieuport 27 (or Nieuport XXVII C.1 in contemporary sources) was a World War I French sesquiplane fighter aircraft designed by Gustave Delage. The 27 was the last of the line of Nieuport "V-strut" single seat fighters that began with the Nieuport 10 of 1914. Operational examples supplemented the very similar Nieuport 24 and 24bis in operational squadrons in late 1917 and many would also be used as advanced trainers.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.2 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).
fun facts
- First flew 109 years ago, in 1917.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1917
- introduced
- 1917
- retired
- 1931
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1,000
- role
- fighter / advanced trainer
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- makers
- Nieuport
- engines
- 1× Le Rhône 9JB / Le Rhône 9Jb
- crew
- 1
- length
- 5.9 m
- wingspan
- 8.2 m
- height
- 2.4 m
- max take-off weight
- 535 kg
- top speed
- 172 km/h
- range
- 250 km
- ceiling
- 6,850 m
- wings
- sesquiplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q595894, Wikipedia: Nieuport 27 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.