Nieuport -Delage NiD 29

what is it?

The Nieuport-Delage NiD.29 was a French single-seat biplane fighter (C.I category) designed and built by Nieuport-Delage for the French Air Force.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.7 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 235 km/htop speed
• range 580 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,150 kgmax take-off weight
• built 1,571made 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 108 years ago, in 1918.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 9.7 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

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

spec sheet

first flight

1918-08-21

introduced

1922

number built

1,571

role

single-seat biplane fighter

origin

🇫🇷 France

makers

Nieuport

engines

1× Hispano-Suiza 8Fb V-8 piston engine / Hispano-Suiza 8Fb

crew

1

length

6.5 m

wingspan

9.7 m

height

2.6 m

max take-off weight

1,150 kg

top speed

235 km/h

range

580 km

ceiling

8,500 m

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