Nieuport-Delage NiD.62

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NiD.62
Type	Trainer, Target Tug, Fighter
Manufacturer	Nieuport-Delage
Introduction	1931
Primary user	Armée de l'Air

The Nieuport-Delage Ni-D.62 was a French biplane fighter from the early 1930s. This machine is a descendant of a long line of Nieuport-Delage biplane fighter aircraft that were designed and built during the years immediately after World War I. The Ni-D.622 was built in 1931 as a fighter for the Armée de l'Air. It served until the late 1930s, when it was replaced by more modern monoplane fighters. By the time of the outbreak of World War II in September of 1939, all of the Ni-D 622s had been withdrawn from fighter escadrilles but were used as trainers in French flight schools. A few aircraft were employed as target tugs. After the French capitulation and German occupation of France in June of 1940, the German Luftwaffe had no interest in the Ni-D 622s and they were scrapped. None survived the war.

[edit] Specifications (Ni-D.622)

General characteristics

Crew: 1
Length: 7.63 m (25 ft 0 in)
Wingspan: 12.00 m (39 ft 4 in)
Height: 3.00 m (9 ft 10 in)
Empty weight: 1,378 kg (3,038 lb)
Loaded weight: 1,837 kg (4,050 lb)
Powerplant: 1× Hispano-Suiza 12 Hb liquid-cooled, inline, V-12, piston engine, 373 kW (500 hp)