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- 1. Hydravion militaire francais sur le canal de Suez mars 1915: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Nieuport VI was a sport monoplane produced in France in the 1910s, a further development by Nieuport along the same general lines as the Nieuport II and Nieuport IV, differing mainly from the Nieuport IV in being slightly larger. Like the Nieuport IV, it was used by various military air arms as a reconnaissance aircraft and trainer.
How to recognise it: 1 engine · floatplane · 12.3 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 114 years ago, in 1912.
- Wingspan of 12.3 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1912
- status
- retired
- number built
- —
- role
- sport and reconnaissance aircraft
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- engines
- 1× Gnome rotary engine
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 2
- length
- 8.7 m
- wingspan
- 12.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 795 kg
- top speed
- 105 km/h
- range
- —
- wings
- monoplane
- landing gear
- floatplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7031970, Wikipedia: Nieuport VI (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.