Nieuport 28 fighter

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The Nieuport 28 fighter was a French-built World War I biplane used by early American pursuit squadrons and noted as one of the first fighters flown in combat by U.S. pilots.

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Nieuport 28 1
Nieuport 28 C.1 1
Nieuport 28 fighter canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I aircraft
biplane
fighter aircraft
single-seat fighter
aircraftCategory military aircraft
aircraftConfiguration single-engine tractor biplane
aircraftTypeDesignation Nieuport 28 C.1
linked to: Nieuport 28 fighter
armament twin synchronized Vickers machine guns
countryOfOrigin France
crew 1
emptyWeight approximately 531 kg
engineType rotary engine
enteredService 1918
era 1910s aircraft
firstFlight 1917
fuselageConstruction wooden frame with fabric covering
grossWeight approximately 756 kg
height approximately 2.4 m
historicalSignificance among the first fighters flown in combat by U.S. pilots
introducedInConflict World War I
landingGear fixed tailskid landing gear
length approximately 6.3 m
manufacturer Nieuport
linked to: Nieuport-Macchi
maxSpeed approximately 198 km/h
notableFor first fighter used in combat by American pursuit squadrons in World War I
notablePilot Douglas Campbell
Eddie Rickenbacker
Raoul Lufbery
powerplant Gnome Monosoupape 9N rotary engine
primaryRole pursuit fighter
propulsion propeller-driven
range approximately 300 km
serviceCeiling approximately 5300 m
successor SPAD S.XIII
tailConfiguration conventional tailplane
usedBy French Air Service
linked to: French Air Force

Italian Air Force
linked to: Regia Aeronautica

Swiss Air Force
United States Army Air Service
usedByUnit 147th Aero Squadron
27th Aero Squadron
94th Aero Squadron
95th Aero Squadron
usedFor fighter pilot training after front-line service
usedInTheater Western Front
wingConfiguration two-bay biplane
wingspan approximately 8.16 m

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Quentin Roosevelt aircraftFlown Nieuport 28 fighter
No. 29 Squadron RAF aircraftOperated Nieuport fighters
linked to: Nieuport 28 fighter
Nieuport 28 aircraftTypeDesignation Nieuport 28 C.1
subject linked to: Nieuport 28 fighter
linked to: Nieuport 28 fighter
Hispano-Suiza 8 usedInAircraft Nieuport 28
linked to: Nieuport 28 fighter