what is it?
The Nieuport-Delage NiD 32 was a French single-seater fighter produced by Nieuport during the period between the two World Wars. The aircraft was designed in response to a request from the French Navy for an aircraft capable of launching from a platform: the NiD 32 competed with other planes, such as the Hanriot HD.12 and the SPAD S.XV. In addition to the NiD 32, Nieuport also submitted the NiD 29. The Navy selected the Nieuport NiD 32, and set about to test it in March 1920 on a platform.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.7 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 106 years ago, in 1920.
- 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
- 1920
- number built
- 10
- role
- fighter aircraft
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- makers
- Nieuport
- engines
- 1× Le Rhône 9R
- crew
- 1
- length
- 6.7 m
- wingspan
- 9.7 m
- height
- 2.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 857 kg
- top speed
- 193 km/h
- cruise speed
- 150 km/h
- range
- 600 km
- ceiling
- 6,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3341316, Wikipedia: Nieuport-Delage NiD 32 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.