Nieuport -Delage NiD 640

what is it?

The Nieuport-Delage NiD 640 was a four-passenger transport monoplane designed and produced by the French aircraft manufacturer Nieuport-Delage. It was developed during the late 1920s primarily for use a civil aircraft, although some provisions were made towards its use in a military capacity as well. The NiD 640 was designed with a highly-efficient elliptical wing, a readily swappable engine arrangement, and made copious use of metal throughout its construction.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · high wing · 15.4 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 205 km/htop speed
• size 1,750 kgmax take-off weight
• built 14made 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 99 years ago, in 1927.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 15.4 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

1927

introduced

1930

number built

14

role

four-seat cabin monoplane

origin

🇫🇷 France

makers

Nieuport

engines

1× Lorraine 7M Mizar

length

9.5 m

wingspan

15.4 m

height

3.2 m

max take-off weight

1,750 kg

top speed

205 km/h

range

—

ceiling

5,500 m

wings

high wing

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