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The Scientific American War Book


by Scientific American

A French Nieuport fighter plane in flight, possibly a Nieuport 17, but possibly another model up to the Nieuport 27, with machine guns both above the upper wing, and along the fuselage. The V struts, machine gun mounted above the upper wing, circular cowling, upward sweep of the tail, the tail itself, all mark the plane as a Nieuport. Text: 1. French plane taken above the clouds. Original 5x7 Aerial Photo. Reverse: blank.

A French Nieuport fighter plane in flight, possibly a Nieuport 17, but possibly another model up to the Nieuport 27, with machine guns both above the upper wing, and along the fuselage.
The V struts, machine gun mounted above the upper wing, circular cowling, upward sweep of the tail, the tail itself, all mark the plane as a Nieuport.

The Scientific American War Book: The Mechanism and Technique of Warfare Compiled and Edited by Albert A. Hopkins, Editor of the Scientific American Reference Book, Etc. Member of the American Statistical Association. 572 Illustrations. Articles by Rear-Admiral Mahan, Major A.G. Piorkowski, Lieut.-Col. L. S. Roudiez, U.S.A., Fred C. Hild, The Aviator, Major H. Bannerman-Phillips, Captain W.D.A. Anderson, U.S.A., and many others

Publisher: Munn & Company, Incorporated, 1916

Copyright: 1915 by the Cricks Publishing Corporation