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Hi all,

Thought you might like to see some of the Nieuport N.17 Bis aircraft coming your way.

 

The N.17 Bis carried a Vickers as well as the wing mounted Lewis gun and had a mixture of the N.17 tail unit and later Nieuport fuselage.

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Edited by shredward
Posted

Quite nice.

 

I've heard the weight and drag of 2 guns robbed these birds of some of their nice maneuverability, so weren't generally liked. Is that true?

Posted

Depended who you asked. Some liked it, some didn't. Nevertheless, it was the first British two-gun fighter.

Cheers,

shredward

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