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exceptional performance of the prototype, first flown on April 4, 1917,
ensured an early entry into service for this airplane, the first planes
reaching the Western Front by the end of May, 1917. It replaced the S.VII
and later Nieuports in the French fighter squadrons, and was flown by aces
such as Fonck, Guynemer, and Nungesser. It also served with the Royal Flying
Corps and the air forces of Belgium Italy, and the US. Though 8,472 were
built, an almost insatiable demand for this very capable fighter plane
meant that there were still some 10,000 outstanding orders for the airplane
at the end of World War I (which, of course, were then canceled). In the
years immediately following World War I this airplane was exported to Belgium,
Czechoslovakia, Japan, and Poland. This single-seat fighter plane was powered
by one 164-shp Hispano-Suiza 8Be Vee piston engine, giving the aircraft
a maximum speed of 139 mph at 6,560 feet, service ceiling of 21,815 feet,
and endurance of 2 hours. Armament for the SPAD XIII was two forward-firing
synchronized 7.7-mm (303-caliber) Vickers machine guns. |
#AM305-AR or #A0124F1W
Dimensions: Wingspan, 13 5/16" -Length, 10 1/8 " -Scale, 1/20
#ESAF021W
Dimensions: Wingspan, 15 3/4" -Length, 12 1/4" -Scale, 1/20
All airplane models are Hand Carved, Hand Painted
Mahogany and comes fully assembled with removable desk stand. |