Two Nieuport 28s by Buffalo1
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Easily one of the best looking fighters of World War I, these two views of the Nieuport 28 show the plane both as a sleak and somewhat fragile design. It had good speed (120 mph) and maneuverability. It was armed with 2 Vickers machine guns offset to the left due to the narrow fuselage. There was a problem with wing fabric shredding in dives, so the French preferred the sturdy SPAD XIII and passed the Nieuport 28 on to the United States Army Air Service (USAAS) where the "28" was the first combat fighter of the USAAS. It scored the first victories of America's fledgling air force.
The top photo depicts a restored N28C.1 "White 8" flown by Lt. James Meissner and Lt. R.F. Cates of the 94th "Hat in the Ring" Squadron as displayed at the National Air and Space Museum - Dulles Airport.
The bottom photo shows a replica N28C.1 in the National Museum of Naval Aviation at Pensacola NAS, Florida. It is painted as Bureau Number A5796 that was launched from a platform mounted on a gun turret of the battleship USS Oklahoma in 1920. The USS Arizona was also rigged with a platform for these tests.
Comments (13)
erlandpil
Good picture erland
texboy
some brave lads flew these machines.... good stuff, bud!
Buffalo1
I forgot to mention the plane in the background of the top photo. It is Smithsonian Institution Director Dr. Samuel Langley's famous "Aerodrome." Based on a successful unmanned steam powered model, Langley built this full scale manned aircraft with an internal combustion engine. He was backed by the Institution and the U.S. Army. The Aerodrome was launched from a catapult platform in the Potomac River in October and December of 1903 and crashed both times. In 1914 Glenn Curtiss heavily modified the plane and fixed the stress and control problems. He added pontoons and made a few short flights with the Aerodrome. The Smithsonian then bragged that it did have the first manned "flyable" heavier than air machine. This set off Orville Wright who refused to donate the Wright Kitty Hawk Flyer to the Smithsonian and loaned the aircraft to a museum in London. The Smithsonian didn't come clean until 1942. The Flyer was finally put on display at the Smithsonian in 1948.
flavia49
wonderful captures!
bobrgallegos
Outstanding collage of these impressive planes!!!
sandra46
superlative image!
HADCANCER
I do not think I would like to pilot a plane that had a wing fabric problem. If only they had duct tape they could have fixed it.
RodolfoCiminelli
Fatnastic and spectacular photography my friend.....!!!
Rainastorm
Most excellent! Very cool!
junge1
A wonderful collage of this beautiful aircraft Rog and nice background info!
jocko500
wow . history is here to look at.
debbielove
Whoa! Sweet shots.. Just found these Rog! (As I'm just getting caught up finally on comments etc!) Never having seen either of these two, only the one at Dayton.. Was it there..? lol So many places....lol But thanks for posting this, and Bill missed it!... :-( Take care mate.... Rob
Cyve
Marvelous airplanes and fantastic shot also.