[WWI] Brazilian Nieuport: 17, 21, 24, 28?

[Mikko Saarela]

Marcio!

If the engine is an original part, you did have a Nieuport 21. The engine is 
clearly  90 hp Le Rhône 9C,  which Nieuport 21 was equipped with . The 
museum replica certainly seems to have some peculiarities, like the wooden 
cabane struts...

Mikko

> Folks,
>
> I may have already asked this 4 years ago, but obviously the answer is
> lost somewhere.
>
> Brazil used some old Nieuports in the 20's, and one of them (I mean,
> propeller, engine and tail - all the rest is a replica) is in our
> Aviation Museum at Campo dos Affonsos, Rio de Janeiro (some of you
> have already been there - I haven't).
>
> Although this Nieuport is classified in the museum as a 21, it really
> doesn't look like one. To me looks like a 17, but I'm not a Nieuport
> expert so I request your help. Here go some pictures of the plane. The
> first website has a walk-around:
>
> http://www.ipmspoa.com.br/artigos/artigo24/index.php
>
> http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/South_America/Brazil/photo831747.htm
>
> Or could it be that we did have Nieuport 21's and the guys at the
> museum did a wrong job?
>
> All the best from Brazil
>
> Marcio
>
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