World War 1 Nieuport Aircraft Art Prints, Nieuport 17, Nieuport 11, 28, 12 and More History through Art.

DVD Movie

Accurately portraying the thrill and danger of aerial dogfights like no movie before, this, the first World War I aviation film in more than 30 years, was inspired by the epic tale of the young American men who became known as the Lafayette Escadrille - ordinary boys who volunteered for the First World War looking for adventure and, in the process, became heroes. DVD includes deleted scenes, an inside look at the special effects, and more. Widescreen, DTS Surround Sound, Rated PG-13, 2 hrs. 20 min.
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• Aircraft         : Nieuport 17
• Year              : 1916
• Engine          : 1 x "Rhone"9J 110 hrs.pwr.
• Wingspan     : 8.16 m
• Length          : 5.80 m
• Weight          : 375 kg/560 kg
• Max. speed  : 165 km/h 
• Ceiling           : 5300
• Crew             : 1 
• Armament    : 1 x machinegun 

Nieuport Research Note Briefs.

Edouard Nieuport, 1875-1911. Pommier. This biography details the brilliant engineering solutions that Nieuport applied to cycling and automobiles before turning to aircraft.  His brother Charles and the company bearing their name - which at one time lead the world in aircraft production.

Flyboys epic tale of the young American men who became known as the Lafayette Escadrille - ordinary boys who volunteered for the First World War looking for adventure and, in the process, became heroes

Nieuport 11 Bebe flown in the 1916 Battle of Verdun by Adjutant Norman Prince, an American who achieved four aerial victories flying for the Lafayette Escadrille

The first airplane designed to be a fighter, the Nieuport 11 - nicknamed "Baby" by the pilots who thought it was small and cute - defined the cutting edge of military aviation in 1916 and was largely responsible for ending the "Fokker Scourge."

On June 23, 1916, Victor Chapman - flying a Nieuport 16 as a member of the famed Lafayette Escadrille - finds himself alone against five German Eindeckers and quickly becomes the first U.S. airman to lose his life in World War I combat.
 
  One of the most famous Allied fighters of World War I, the Nieuport 17 was flown by several top aces such as Georges Guynemer and Raoul Lufbery
 
WW2 LN-401 dive-bomber that flew for the French navy during the Battle of France and for the Vichy Republic later in the war

Tenente Franceso Baracca, Udine, November 1916

Eddie Rickenbacker's favorite fighter

Nieuport 28 flown by America's first combat squadron - the 94th Aero Squadron - in World War I

The French Nieuport company provided Allied forces with the first true fighter of World War I. Flown by French, British, Russian, Belgian, and Italian aces, the XI was replaced in 1916 by the even more popular XII. Americans flew a final variant, the Nie.28, in 1918.

The French firm of Nieuport built some of the best-looking and most effective fighting planes of World War One - the types 11, 17 and 28 gaining particular fame. Nieuports were also among the most numerous aircraft of the War, being operated particularly by the French, British, Belgian, Russian, Italian and American forces.

Lt. Alan Winslow in his Nieuport 28 downs a German fighter marking the first aerial victory for the U.S. Army Air Service