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The Fokker Eindecker fighters were a series of German World War I monoplane single-seat fighter aircraft designed by Dutch engineer Anthony Fokker. [2] Developed in April 1915, the first Eindecker ("Monoplane") was the first purpose-built German fighter aircraft and the first aircraft to be fitted with a synchronization gear, enabling the pilot to fire a machine gun through the arc of the ...
3.5 Dr & F types (Dreidecker – triplane fighters) 3.6 E types ( Eindecker – armed monoplanes) 3.7 G & K types ( Grossflugzeuge – large bombers, originally Kampfflugzeuge – battleplane)
During July 1916, the first example of the type, which received the designation of Bristol M.1, was rolled out at the company's Bristol facility. [1] It was basically a single-seat tractor monoplane fighter. [2] [3] On 14 July 1916, the first prototype, designated as the M.1A, conducted its maiden flight, flown by F.P. Raynham. [4]
The S-73 was then developed into the Bernard 74 single-seat fighter and retained the Titan-Major engine. [2] Two prototypes were built with the first flying in February 1931, powered by a 280 hp (kw) Gnome-Rhône 7Kbs radial engine, [ 4 ] the second was fitted with a 268 kW (360 hp) Gnome-Rhône 7Kd engine and first flew in October 1931. [ 1 ]
Although the first successful aircraft were biplanes, the first attempts at heavier-than-air flying machines were monoplanes, and many pioneers continued to develop monoplane designs. For example, the first aeroplane to be put into production was the 1907 Santos-Dumont Demoiselle , while the Blériot XI flew across the English Channel in 1909 ...
Data from War Planes of the First World War:Volume Five General characteristics Crew: 1 Length: 5.83 m (19 ft 2 in) Wingspan: 8.15 m (26 ft 9 in) Height: 2.25 m (7 ft 5 in) Wing area: 11 m 2 (120 sq ft) Empty weight: 288 kg (635 lb) Gross weight: 444 kg (979 lb) Powerplant: 1 × Le Rhône 9C 9-cylinder air-cooled rotary engine, 60 kW (80 hp) Performance Maximum speed: 144 km/h (89 mph, 78 kn ...
It was Morane-Saulnier's first single-seat fighter biplane as the company normally specialized in monoplanes. The AF was first flown on 23 June 1917 and tested by the Aviation Militaire in late 1917 however it was passed over for production in favour of the SPAD XIII , Morane-Saulnier Type AI and Nieuport 28 .
The Fokker E.V was a German parasol-monoplane fighter aircraft designed by Reinhold Platz and built by Fokker-Flugzeugwerke.The E.V was the last Fokker design to become operational with the Luftstreitkräfte, entering service in the last months of World War I.