Nieuport 16
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The Nieuport 16 C.1 (or Nieuport XVI C.1 in contemporary sources)[note 1] was a French World War I single-seat sesquiplane fighter aircraft, designed by Gustave Delage as a development of the Nieuport 11 with a more powerful engine. The Nieuport 16's service life coincided with the period when the first air-to-air rockets, the Le Prieur rocket, were used most frequently, and the type has a closer association with them than any other aircraft.
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Nieuport 16 C.1 | |
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Role | Fighter |
National origin | France |
Manufacturer | Nieuport, Dux |
Designer | Gustave Delage |
First flight | 1916 |
Introduction | March 1916[1] |
Retired | 1917 |
Primary users | Aéronautique Militaire (France) Royal Flying Corps, Imperial Russian Air Service |
Produced | 1916 |
Number built | unknown |
Developed from | Nieuport 11 |
Developed into | Nieuport 17 |
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