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The exterior of the aircraft, which was covered in fabric, was fully faired; this was a contributing factor to the type being referred by Bruce as "one of the simplest and cleanest aircraft of its day". [1] The M.1 was furnished with a shoulder-mounted wing that was attached to the upper longerons of the airframe. [1]
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 ...
This is a list of World War I Entente aircraft organized by country of origin. Dates are of first flight. Dates are of first flight. Nieuport 10, used by most Entente countries as fighter, reconnaissance aircraft and trainer.
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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 ...
Lacking an indigenous aviation industry, the Ottoman Empire primarily relied on Germany for aircraft, although a number of French pre-war aircraft were used in the early part of the war. The Ottoman Empire also operated two Avro 504 light fighter reconnaissance aircraft. Later on, they were used as trainer aircraft
1 February 1912? Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.3 & 4 [56] 3 May 1912: 1912 Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.7 [57]?? Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.8 & 8a [58] 1913: 1914 Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12 [59] 28 July 1915: 1 August 1916 Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2 [60] February 1914: September 1915 Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.8 [61] September 1915: 2 August ...
The captured aircraft was found not to have the superior performance it had been credited with. [50] The first British aircraft with a synchronisation gear was a Bristol Scout, which arrived on 25 March 1916 and on 24 May the first Sopwith 1½ Strutter aircraft were flown to France by a flight of 70 Squadron. [51]