Nieuport Aces of World War 1

by Norman Franks and Norman L.R. Franks

The French Nieuport company provided the Allied air forces with the first true fighter scout of World War 1 in the shape of the diminutive XI of 1915. Based on the Bebe racer, built for the abandoned Gordon-Bennett Trophy of the previous year, the aircraft utilised a sesquiplane (lower wing much smaller than the upper wing) arrangement which gave the XI extreme manoeuvrability. It was the only scout respected by the all-conquering German Fokker E-series...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1855329611
• ISBN13: 9781855329614
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.3" x 9.8"