Nieuport 28

The Nieuport 28 was a French biplane fighter plan of the First World War.

It was developed by Gustave Delage (company Nieuport) and its first flight took place in June 1917. He was the successor of the Nieuport 27 and was been driven by an engine more powerful Gnome 9N of 160 ch. Les engine nacelle stubs between the wings were now parallel and either in form of " V".

Initially, this apparatus was intended to equip in great quantity the French escadrilles of American hunting and , but the French air force cancelled all the orders by privileging SPAD S.XIII. The planes were thus delivered to the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) which accepted 287 specimens from them.

It was the first plane used by the pilots of the AEF during the First World War and, as of the second patrol, the April 14th 1918, two planes enemy were cut down by Alan Winslow and Douglas Campbell of the 94th Aero Squadron . Nieuport 28 then already was regarded as exceeded, but the American pilots nevertheless obtained much more victories than of losses with this apparatus.

This plane was more handy than SPAD S.XIII, but he more often suffered from problems of engine and the staying of the wings could break during the flights in piqué. But much of American pilots flew nevertheless on Nieuport 28, such as for example Quentin Roosevelt, the son of the US president Theodore Roosevelt, or the ace of aviation Eddie Rickenbacker.

At the end of the war, 600 apparatuses of the modified version N.28A.1 were ordered by the the United States. These planes had improvements of the structure and were equipped with the new Marlin machine-guns. These apparatuses were particularly intended to be used since warships. The last Nieuport 28 was withdrawn from the service in the years 30 of the air force Suisse.

External bonds

USAF Museum Nieuport N.28C-1
National Smithsonian Air and Space Museum

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