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Data from French Aircraft of the First World War General characteristics Crew: 1 Length: 6.25 m (20 ft 6 in) Wingspan: 8.25 m (27 ft 1 in) late examples had a span of 8.08 m (26.5 ft) Height: 2.60 m (8 ft 6 in) Wing area: 21.11 m 2 (227.2 sq ft) late examples had a wing area of 20.2 m 2 (217 sq ft) Empty weight: 601.5 kg (1,326 lb) Gross weight: 856.5 kg (1,888 lb) Powerplant: 1 × Hispano ...
The Loehle SPAD XIII is an American single-seat ultralight aircraft scale replica of the First World War SPAD XIII fighter produced in kit form by Loehle Aircraft for amateur construction. The aircraft meets the requirements of the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles regulations when equipped with a lightweight engine.
Georges Guynemer was, as has already been noted, highly successful with the SPAD S.XII, as well as the SPAD S.VII and SPAD S.XIII. At the end of the First World War, all 1,152 single-seat fighters on the strength of French front line air units were SPAD 13s. Nearly 900 SPAD XIII fighters were reported as being used in American service.
SPAD XIII: This replica SPAD was built in Germany and flown in the United Kingdom since 1978. It was placed in the Fleet Air Arm museum in 1986 and transferred to Duxford in 1996. Painted as S.4513 to represent an aircraft flown in 1918 by Captain Rickenbacker with the United States Army Air Service in France.
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The 13th Aero Squadron was formed at Camp Kelly (later Kelly Field), Texas, on 14 June 1917.. 13th Aero Squadron – SPAD XIII, Souilly Aerodrome, France. 1918. The "Devil’s Own Grim Reapers" as they came to be known was a Pursuit (Fighter) squadron on the Western Front in France during 1918, flying the French SPAD S.XIII.
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SPAD XIII at the United States Air Force Museum shown in 94th Aero Squadron (Pursuit) markings. Aircraft is marked as Eddie Rickenbacker 's aircraft. 94th Fighter Squadron F-22A Raptor formation flown on the squadron's 90th Anniversary, 17 August 2007