Nieuport - Aircraft Produced

Aircraft Produced

• Nieuport I - retroactive designation for pod and boom tractor monoplane, flew once before being destroyed by a flood.
• Nieuport II - small single-seat sport/racing monoplane powered by a wide variety of engines.
• Nieuport III - two-seat sport/racing monoplane with Anzani engine.
• Nieuport IV - two-seat sport/racing monoplane with many detail and dimensional differences between examples.
• Nieuport VI - three-seat sport monoplane used by French Navy as an observation aircraft, and by the R.N.A.S. as a trainer.
• Nieuport VIII - two-seat sport monoplane, variant of VI for Turkey.
• Nieuport X - three-seat sport monoplane similar to VI but with constant chord wings and also used by the French Navy.
• Nieuport XI - small single seat sport monoplane similar to II but with constant chord wings - not proceeded with.
• Nieuport-Dunne - tailless biplane built under licence with many local modifications.
• Nieuport Carton-Pate - twin boom sesquiplane pusher floatplane for military.
• Nieuport 9 - Russian designation for locally built single seat version of Nieuport 10
• Nieuport 10 - sesquiplane used in wide variety of military roles including as a fighter, unrelated to monoplane Nieuport X
  • Nieuport 83 - purpose-built trainer version of Nieuport 10 with 80-hp Le Rhône engine (hence 8x series designation)
• Nieuport 11 - sesquiplane fighter - Nieuport's first purpose-built fighter, no relation to earlier monoplane Nieuport XI
• Nieuport 12 - two-seat artillery spotting sesquiplane developed from Nieuport 10
  • Nieuport 80 and 81 - trainer versions of Nieuport 12 with 80-hp engines
• Nieuport 12bis - two seat artillery spotting sesquiplane, extensively redesigned from Nieuport 12
• Nieuport 13 - two-seat artillery spotting sesquiplane developed from Nieuport 12 with slightly longer wings
• Nieuport 14 - two-seat reconnaissance sesquiplane
  • Nieuport 82 - trainer version of Nieuport 14 with 80-hp engine
• Nieuport 15 - large sesquiplane bomber, further enlargement of 14
• Nieuport 16 - sesquiplane fighter - Nieuport 11 airframe strengthened and powered by the 110 hp Le Rhône 9J engine
• Nieuport 17 - sesquiplane fighter similar to the earlier Nieuport 11, but had the same engine as the 16, larger all around, and a more refined structure in general.
• Nieuport 17bis - sesquiplane fighter - cleaned-up version of Nieuport 17. Used in small numbers
• Nieuport 18 - twin engine sesquiplane bomber
• Nieuport 19 - same as Nieuport 18 but with different engines. Neither appear to have been built
• Nieuport 20 - two-seat artillery spotting sesquiplane aircraft developed from Nieuport 12
• Nieuport 21 - light weight sesquiplane fighter and advanced trainer version of Nieuport 17 with lower-powered engine
• Nieuport 23 - sesquiplane fighter, development of Nieuport 17 with Vickers machine gun offset (when installed)
• Nieuport 24 - sesquiplane fighter, a widely used cleaned-up version of Nieuport 17.
• Nieuport 24bis - sesquiplane fighter, like 24 but with Nieuport 17 rudder and horizontal tail
• Nieuport 25 - sesquiplane fighter - cleaned-up version of Nieuport 17 with much larger engine - prototypes only.
• Nieuport 27 - sesquiplane fighter - the definitive version of the Nieuport 24 and penultimate example of series.
• Nieuport 28 - biplane fighter of late First World War - first biplane Nieuport fighter with full size upper and lower wings.
• Nieuport-Delage NiD 29 - biplane fighter used by France, Japan, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Argentina, Italy, and others.
• Nieuport-Delage NiD 30 - large single engine biplane bomber later redeveloped as transport (as the NiD 30T), several sold
• Nieuport-Delage NiD 31 - 1920s monoplane racer that set many speed records
• Nieuport-Delage NiD 33 - 2 seat trainer with square section fuselage otherwise similar to NiD.29, some used by Japan.
• Nieuport-Delage NiD 38 & NiD 39 - light single engine biplane cabin airliners produced with different engines
• Nieuport-Delage NiD 42 - sesquiplane fighter, prototype for 52, 62, 72 and others, was originally a parasol monoplane
• Nieuport-Delage NiD 450 & 650 - monoplane racers for Schneider Trophy
• Nieuport-Delage NiD 48 - sesquiplane fighter scaled down NiD 42 for Jockey light fighter program.
• Nieuport-Delage NiD 52 - sesquiplane fighter derived from NiD 42 used by Spain.
• Nieuport-Delage NiD 62 - sesquiplane fighter used in large numbers by France.
• Nieuport-Delage NiD 641 - large single engine monoplane airliner with elliptical wing.
• Nieuport-Delage NiD 72 - sesquiplane fighter all metal version of 62.
• Nieuport-Delage NiD-120 - single seat parasol monoplane fighter used by Peru.
• Loire-Nieuport LN.10 - twin engine inverted gull monoplane patrol floatplane with engines over wing.
• Loire-Nieuport LN.30 - single engine pusher training flying boat.
• Loire-Nieuport LN.40 - Single engine, single seat dive bomber with inverted gull wing.
• Loire-Nieuport LN.160 - Single engine, single seat fighter, developed into SNCAO 200.

During World War One, Nieuport aircraft were sometimes referred to by their wing area (in square meters) rather than their official designations. The Nieuport 10 and 83 were 18-meter Nieuports The Nieuport 11 & 16 were 13-meter Nieuports The Nieuport 12, 12bis, 20, 80 and 81 were 23-meter Nieuports The Nieuport 17, 17bis, 21, 23, 24, 24bis, and 27 were 15-meter Nieuports