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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Nieuport 28 3
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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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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
Nieuport 27 → successor → Nieuport 28 ⓘ
linked to: Nieuport 28 fighter
94th Aero Squadron → aircraftUsed → Nieuport 28 ⓘ
linked to: Nieuport 28 fighter