World War I

 

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Caudron G3

Reconnaissanve from 1914 to 1916, 108 km/h with a 80 hp rotary Gnôme-Rhône.

Bleriot XI

Louis Blériot crossed the Channel in 1909 at 58 km/h with a 25 hp engine.

Nieuport 17

Small and manoeuvrable fighter from 1916, with a 110 hp rotary Gnôme-Rhône engine.

Breguet 14

Best of the WW I bombers,

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... small for a bomber and as fast as a fighter, carried 300 kg of bombs.

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After the war, was used for the Aéropostale by Mermoz and St Exupéry, among others.

Fokker Dr.1

Inspired from the Sopwith Triplane,

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... made famous by Manfred von Richtofen from 1917.

Junkers Cl.1

From 1918 fast ground attack plane, 160 km/h with a Mercedes 180 hp

Royal Aircraft Factory SE5a

Formidable fighter, from 1917, bettered the Sopwith Camel, with a water cooled Hispano-Suiza 200 hp engine.

SPAD S.XIII

Fast and powerful but difficult to fly, was flown by many of the famous aces including Georges Guynemer and Eddie Rickenbacker. Hispano-Suiza 235 hp engine.

Morane Saulnier Ai

Roland Garros crossed the Mediteranean in 1913 with an H version. The Ai was used from 1917 by US air forces.

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