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G & K types (Grossflugzeuge – large bombers, originally Kampfflugzeuge – battleplane) J types (ground attack) L types (bombers) N types (nachtflugzeuge – night bombers) R types (Riesenflugzeuge – giant bombers) W types and other seaplanes (Wasser – floatplane) 3.13Experimental. Ottoman aircraft. See also.
Built by Thomas-Morse Aircraft in Ithaca, New York in 1917, it was a compact single-seat open-cockpit biplane of equal span and a 100 hp (75 kW) Gnome rotary engine. [3]The S-4 was designed by Englishman Benjamin Douglas Thomas (no relation to the company owners), [4] formerly with the Sopwith Aviation Company, [5] who also assisted with the design of the Curtiss JN-4 Jenny. [6]
Aviation in World War I. Appearance. hide. Colour Autochrome Lumière of a Nieuport Fighter in Aisne, France 1917. World War I was the first major conflict involving the large-scale use of aircraft. Tethered observation balloons had already been employed in several wars and would be used extensively for artillery spotting.
The Curtiss JN "Jenny" is a series of biplanes built by the Glenn Curtiss Aeroplane Company of Hammondsport, New York, later the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company. Although the Curtiss JN series was originally produced as a training aircraft for the US Army, the "Jenny" (the common nickname derived from "JN") continued after World War I as a ...
The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 was a conventional tractor biplane fighter aircraft. The fuselage was a wire-braced box girder structure while the wings were furnished with wooden spars and internal ribs. The fuselage was narrower than many contemporary aircraft, which provided the pilot with good all-round visibility. [12]
List of World War I Entente aircraft. Appearance. This is a list of World War I Entente aircraft organized by country of origin. Dates are of first flight. Nieuport 10, used by most Entente countries as fighter, reconnaissance aircraft and trainer.
Avro 504. The Avro 504 is a single-engine biplane bomber made by the Avro aircraft company and under licence by others. Production during World War I totalled 8,970 and continued for almost 20 years, [ 2 ] making it the most-produced aircraft of any kind that served in any military capacity during the First World War.
Fokker V.4 Fokker F.I. Variants. Fokker V.7. The Fokker Dr.I (Dreidecker, " triplane " in German), often known simply as the Fokker Triplane, was a World War I fighter aircraft built by Fokker-Flugzeugwerke. The Dr.I saw widespread service in the spring of 1918.