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Fighters
Type: Dewoitine D.560 single seat fighter prototype.
Max Speed: 214 mph at 14,765 ft.
Climb Rate:
Service Ceiling: 33,790 ft.
Range:
Armament: provision for two 0.303 in 7.7 mm machine guns.
Photo: Musee de 1' Air
After the aircraft had been lost in a crash following the failure of the wing as a result of  aileron induced flutter, all further development work was abandoned.

 

Type: Bleriot-SPAD S.510 single seat
fighter.
Max Speed: 231 mph at 13,125 ft.
Climb Rate: 13,125 ft in 4 minutes 31 seconds.
Service Ceiling: 34,450 ft.
Range: 543 miles.
Armament: four 0.295 in 7.5 mm machine guns.
Photo: S. H. A. A.
Though it was agile, the S.510 was not popular with its pilots as it was plagued by feed problems and insufficiently sturdy main landing gear legs.

 

Type: Dufaux Single-Engined Fighter two seat aircraft.
Max Speed: 87.5 mph at sea level.
Climb Rate: 6,560 ft in 13 minutes 7 seconds.
Service Ceiling: 15,415 ft.
Range: endurance 2 hours 0 minutes.
Armament: one 0.303 in 7.7 mm trainable machine gun.
Photo: Musee de 1' Air
The Dufaux Single-Engined Fighter is seen with its designer leaning on the starboard wing.

 

Type: Bleriot-SPAD S.XXC.1 two seat fighter.
Max Speed: 135 mph at 13,125 ft.
Climb Rate:
Service Ceiling: 26,245 ft.
Range: 249 miles.
Armament: two fixed and one trainable 0.303 in 7.7 mm machine guns.
Photo: S. H. A. A.
Photographed immediately after the end of the First World War, this S.XX was on the strength of the 2e RAC at Strasbourg. The type's structure and compact dimensions made it agile, and the close location of the pilot and gunner made intercommunication comparatively simple.

 

Type: Morane-Saulnier type N single seat fighter.
Max Speed: 90 mph at sea level.
Climb Rate: 6,560 ft in 10 minutes 0 seconds.
Service Ceiling: 13,135 ft.
Range: endurance 1 hour 30 minutes.
Armament: one 0.303 in 7.7 mm or 0.315 in machine gun.
Photo: S. H. A. A.
The Type N had a reputation amongst pilots as a "flying coffin" because its tricky handling required considerable pilot
skill, yet with its forward firing machine gun it was the Allied pioneer of the true fighter.

 

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Photo:
A Wib.72 of the French air force photographed in 1932. The all metal construction was quite advanced for the time of the Wib.7 series' design. This structure was not of the stressed skin type, being designed instead for ease of manufacture and long airframe life.

 

Type: SPAD S.13C.1 single seat fighter.
Max Speed: 139 mph at 6,560 ft.
Climb Rate: 1,509 ft per minute.
Service Ceiling: 21,815 ft.
Range: endurance 2 hours 0 minutes.
Armament: two 0.303 in 7.7 mm machine guns.
Photo: Musee de 1' Air
A prize exhibit in the collection of Musee de 1' Air in Paris is this S.13 wearing the markings of Capitaine Rene Fonck, the Allied "ace of ace" in the First World War.

 


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