Manufacturer: Nieuport-Delage
Introduction: 1931
Primary user: Arme de l'Air

The Nieuport-Delage NiD 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 Arme 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 By the time of the outbreak of World War II in September 1939, all of the NiD 622s had been withdrawn from fighter escadrilles but were used as trainers in French flight schools.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 1940, the German Luftwaffe had no interest in the NiD 622s and they were scrapped. None survived the war.

Variants

Nieport NiD 62 Single-seat fighter aircraft. Nieuport NiD 621 Specialised twin-float training aircraft. Nieuport NiD 622 Single-seat fighter aircraft, powered by a 500 hp (373 kW) Hispano-Suiza 12Mdsh piston engine. Nieuport NiD 623 One Nieuport NiD 622 aircraft was converted into the NiD 623, it made a number of record-breaking attempts. Nieuport NiD 624 One Nieuport NiD 622 was converted into a racing aircraft. Nieuport NiD 625 One Nieuport NiD 622 was converted to be used for parachute experiments. Nieuport NiD 626 Export version of the Nieuport NiD 622, 12 were exported to Peru in 1933. Nieuport NiD 629 Single-seat fighter aircraft, powered by a 500 hp (373 kW) Hispano-Suiza 12Mdsh piston engine. 50 built.

Operators

France Peru

Specifications (NiD 622)

Data from A Gallic Rarity...The 'One-and-a-Half' Nieuport-Delage

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)
Wing area: 27.41 m (297.1 sq ft)
Empty weight: 1,324 kg (2,919 lb)
Loaded weight: 1,831 kg (4,036 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 1,880 kg (4,145 lb)
Powerplant: 1x Hispano-Suiza 12Hb liquid-cooled V12 engine, 373 kW (500 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 270 km/h (146 knots, 168 mph) at sea level
Range: 900 km (486 nmi, 559 mi)
Service ceiling: 7,700 m (25,300 ft)
Climb to 3,000 m (9,845 ft): 5.3 min
Climb to 4,000 m (13,125 ft): 7.5 min

Armament

Guns: 2 x fixed forward-firing 7.7 mm (0.303 in) machine guns in forward fuselage

Green, William and Gordon Swanborough. "A Gallic Rarity...The 'One-and-a-Half' Nieuport-Delage". Air International, February 1990, Vol 38 No 2. Bromley, UK:Tri-Service Press. pp. 75-83, 92-93, 97. ISSN 0306-5634.

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