Nieuport -Delage NiD 62

what is it?

The Nieuport-Delage NiD.62 was a French sesquiplane fighter from the early 1930s. This machine was a descendant of a long line of Nieuport-Delage fighters that were designed and built during the years immediately after World War I. The NiD.62 was built in 1931 as a fighter for the Armée de l'Air. It served until the late 1930s, when it was replaced by more modern monoplane fighters.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 12 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 270 km/htop speed
• range 900 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,880 kgmax take-off weight

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 98 years ago, in 1928.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 12 m: about 3 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

1928

introduced

1931

status

retired

number built

—

role

fighter, later fighter trainer

makers

Nieuport

engines

1× Hispano-Suiza 12Hb

crew

1

length

7.6 m

wingspan

12 m

height

3 m

max take-off weight

1,880 kg

top speed

270 km/h

range

900 km

ceiling

8,200 m

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