The Dewoitine D.9 was a French monoplane fighter built by Dewoitine and built under licence in Italy as the Ansaldo AC.3.[1]
D.9 | |
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Role | Monoplane fighter |
Manufacturer | Dewoitine |
Designer | Emile Dewoitine |
First flight | 1924 |
Primary user | Regia Aeronautica |
Number built | 150+ |
The D.9 was a single-seat high-wing monoplane with a conventional landing gear and powered by a 320 hp (239 kW) Gnome-Rhône 9Ab Jupiter radial engine.[1] First flown in 1924 it was not accepted by the French Army being ranked sixth in the 1923 single-seat fighter competition.[1] A small number of production aircraft were sold for export to Belgium and Yugoslavia and three were built from parts by EKW for the Swiss Air Force.[1] The biggest achievement of the type was an order to licence-build 150 aircraft for the Italian Regia Aeronautica, built by Ansaldo as the Ansaldo AC.3. The type served into the 1930s with the Italian forces.[1]
Data from Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft[1]
General characteristics
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