Nieuport 10
The Nieuport 10 was a two-seater French biplane in World War of 1914. Was used as a fighter, reconnaissance and training aircraft.
In January 1914 Gustave Delage went to the aircraft manufacturer Nieuport and started designing a series of aircraft that should make you very aware of the Nieuport. The first aircraft was the Nieuport 10, a small two- seater with a V- stems between the wings. The lower wings were added to the rear and narrower. The concept was based on a stable biplane with good visibility.
The machines but be paid for a two-seater with a 80 hp (59 kW) Gnome -Rhône rotary engine were a bit underpowered. The first types were therefore used as reconnaissance aircraft. Later, a wide range of machinery was then decided to fashion to single-seaters and equip the machine with 7.7 mm Lewis gun on the upper wing.
With the successor Nieuport 11 Nieuport 12 and the Nieuport 10 was withdrawn from the front and used primarily as a training aircraft. The slightly larger Nieuport 12 was similar to the machine and still had a stronger 110 -hp Clerget radial engine, while the Nieuport 11 is a streamlined version was, which proved to be very fast and agile hunter.
The types Nieuport 10 and 12 were built in about 170 copies.