Nieuport 28

what is it?

The Nieuport 28 C.1, a French biplane fighter aircraft flown during World War I, was built by Nieuport and designed by Gustave Delage. Owing its lineage to the successful line of sesquiplane fighters that included the Nieuport 17, the Nieuport 28 continued a similar design philosophy of a lightweight and highly maneuverable aircraft. By the time the Nieuport 28 was available, the SPAD XIII had been chosen to equip the escadrilles de chasse of the Aéronautique Militaire for 1918, and this fighter was also the first choice for the projected American "pursuit" squadrons.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 196 km/htop speed
• seats 1passengers
• size 737 kgmax take-off weight
• built 297made in total

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

1917-06-14

introduced

1918

retired

1918

status

retired

number built

297

role

fighter

makers

Nieuport

engines

1× Gnome Monosoupape 9N / Monosoupape / Le Rhône 9N / Monosoupape 9 Type N

crew

1

passengers

1

length

6.2 m

wingspan

8 m

height

2.5 m

max take-off weight

737 kg

top speed

196 km/h

range

—

ceiling

5,182 m

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