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Morane-Saulnier MS.130

1919-1940 - Golden Age
(Static Exhibit)

Country: France
Year: 1927
Engine: Salmson
Horsepower: 230
Wingspan: 35 ' 1"
Top Speed: 130 mph (209 km/hr)
Gr. Weight: 2528 lbs (1147 kg)
Original/Reproduction: Original

Morane Saulnier produced aircraft through the Pioneer, WWI, Golden Age eras and into current times. The MS.130 is a parasol monoplane, designed for military applications. A one-off modification won the 1929 Coupe Michelin at 120 miles per hour.

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Morane-Saulnier N

1914-1918 - World War I
(Static Exhibit)

Country: France
Year: 1914
Engine: Le Rhone Rotary
Horsepower: 80 - 100
Wingspan: 27 ' 3"
Top Speed: 103 mph (165 km/hr)
Gr. Weight: 1122 lbs (509 kg)
Original/Reproduction: Reproduction

The Morane Saulnier N, “Bullet” was advanced for 1914, when most designs were pusher biplanes. It was fitted with triangular blades on the back of the propeller which deflected machine gun bullets fired through the arc of the propeller. Famed French Aviator Roland Garros went down behind enemy lines in a Bullet and could not destroy it before his capture. The aircraft was turned over to Anthony Fokker, who quickly produced a superior “synchronous” design. Our Bullet uses an original M. S. A-I fuselage and newly fabricated wings.

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New Standard D-25

1919-1940 - Golden Age
(Active)

Country: United States
Year: 1929
Engine: Wright J-5
Horsepower: 235
Wingspan: 45 '
Top Speed: 110 mph (176 km/hr)
Gr. Weight: 3400 lbs (1542 kg)
Original/Reproduction: Original

Charles Day designed the New Standard D-25 to replace the aging WWI aircraft being used by the flying circuses of the late 1920s. It was built to carry four passengers from small, unimproved fields. After their passenger-hopping careers those attributes made them great crop dusters and helped them survive. This former duster carried passengers at the Aerodrome for years and will return to service after its restoration.

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New Standard D-25

1919-1940 - Golden Age
(Under Restoration)

Country: United States
Year: 1929
Engine: Continental
Horsepower: 220
Wingspan: 45 '
Top Speed: 110 mph (176 km/hr)
Gr. Weight: 3400 lbs (1542 kg)
Original/Reproduction: Original

Charles Day designed the New Standard D-25 to replace the aging WWI aircraft being used by the flying circuses of the late 1920s. It was built to carry four passengers from small, unimproved fields. After their passenger-hopping careers those attributes made them great crop dusters and helped them survive. This former duster carried passengers at the Aerodrome for years and will return to service after its restoration.

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Nicholas Beazley NB-8G

1919-1940 - Golden Age
(Static Exhibit)

Country: United States
Year: 1931
Engine: Armstrong-Siddely Genet
Horsepower: 80
Wingspan: 20 ' 3"
Top Speed: 110 mph (176 km/hr)
Gr. Weight: 1175 lbs (533 kg)
Original/Reproduction: Original

The NB-8G was a unique light plane. It could take off and land “hands off,” had folding wings for storage or transport, and an optional cockpit enclosure for cold weather. Our example was restored in 1958, donated to the EAA Museum and was purchased by Cole Palen, at auction, in 1982.

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Nieuport 10

1914-1918 - World War I
(Static Exhibit)

Country: France
Year: 1915
Engine: Le Rhone Rotary
Horsepower: 80
Wingspan: 25 ' 11"
Top Speed: 88 mph (141 km/hr)
Gr. Weight: 1452 lbs (659 kg)
Original/Reproduction: Original

The Nieuport 10 was designed in 1914 by Gustave Delage to compete in a Gordon Bennett race. World War I cancelled the race and Delage converted it into a two-seat reconnaissance machine, and later, a single-seat fighter. This original aircraft was once owned by the WWI French ace, Charles Nungesser who flew this machine postwar in France, the US, and in Cuba. In 1925, he starred in the movie “The Sky Raider” along with this Nieuport 10 and a Hanriot HD.1.

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Nieuport 11

1914-1918 - World War I
(Under Restoration)

Country: France
Year: 1915
Engine: Le Rhone Rotary
Horsepower: 80
Wingspan: 24 ' 9"
Top Speed: 97 mph (156 km/hr)
Gr. Weight: 1058 lbs (480 kg)
Original/Reproduction: Reproduction

The Nieuport 11, nicknamed Bébé, appeared in January 1916, just in time for the Battle of Verdun. It was here that the nimble Nieuport 11 far outclassed the Fokker monoplane fighters that had dominated the air war since 1915. This is the machine that helped earn the new Escadrille Americaine (later known as the Lafayette Escadrille) its reputation for daring exploits in the skies of France which inspired many more Americans to volunteer and fight for the Allied cause.

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Nieuport 17

1914-1918 - World War I
(On Loan)

Country: France
Year: 1916
Engine: Le Rhone Rotary
Horsepower: 110
Wingspan: 26 '
Top Speed: 101 mph (162 km/hr)
Gr. Weight: 1232 lbs (559 kg)
Original/Reproduction: Reproduction

The larger Nieuport 17 appeared in May 1916 to great acclaim. The powerful 110 HP Le Rhone and a synchronized, forward-firing Vickers machine gun, made the well-balanced sesquiplane fighter a favorite of French, British, Belgian, Italian and Russian pilots for well over a year. Even the Lafayette Escadrille and its American pilots enjoyed the prowess of the Nieuport 17.

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Nieuport 2N

1896-1913 - Pioneer Era
(Static Exhibit)

Country: France
Year: 1911
Engine: 28 HP Nieuport / 100 HP Gnome
Horsepower: 28 - 100
Wingspan: 27 ' 6"
Top Speed: 74 mph (119 km/hr)
Gr. Weight: 700 lbs (318 kg)
Original/Reproduction: Reproduction

Designed and flown by Édouard Nieuport, this low-powered monoplane set a world speed record of 74 mph in May 1911. Later in July, C.T. Weymann, representing the U.S.A., won the Gordon Bennet Trophy race in a Gnome-powered Nieuport at 78 mph. Nieuport became a world-famous brand during the many competitions of the Pioneer era.

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Passat Ornithopter

1896-1913 - Pioneer Era
(Static Exhibit)

Year: 1910
Engine: Motorcycle Engine
Horsepower: 6
Wingspan: 24 '
Original/Reproduction: Reproduction

The whimsical Passat Ornithopter is quite possibly the most aerodynamically challenged aircraft in the collection today. Though its history of flight is quite dubious, it did in fact ‘fly’ in the 1965 movie: “Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines.”

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