Dewoitine D.21

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D.21
Dewotine D.21 Argention.jpg
Argentine Dewoitine D.21
Role Fighter
Manufacturer Dewoitine
First flight1925

The Dewoitine D.21 was 1920s French open-cockpit, fixed-undercarriage, parasol winged monoplane fighter aircraft.

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Design and development

The prototype D.21 was a development of the D.12. The aircraft was license-built in Switzerland (by EKW), Czechoslovakia (by Skoda and known as the Skoda-Dewoitine D.1) and Argentina (by FMA). One Turkish D.21 was fitted with a modified wing and named Orhanelli.

Orhanelli; a Dewoitine D.21 fitted with a modified wing for record-breaking flights. Orhaneli aircraft.jpg
Orhanelli; a Dewoitine D.21 fitted with a modified wing for record-breaking flights.

Operational history

Argentina bought seven French-built D.21s, and built another 38 under license by FMA from 1929 to 1932. The type remained in service until 1941. [1] Turkey bought a number, and Czechoslovakia built 25 for their air force. [2]

Variants

D.21 C.1
French Production version, license-built in Argentina and Turkey.
Skoda D.1
Licence manufacture of the Dewoitine D.21 in Czechoslovakia by Skoda;(26 built - included in D.9 total). Škoda L was a licence-built Hispanio Suiza HS-50. Armament only 2 × 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Vickers machine-guns

Operators

Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey

Specifications (D.21 C.1)

Dewoitine D.21 3-view drawing from L'Air May 15, 1928 Dewoitine D.21 3-view L'Air May 15,1928.png
Dewoitine D.21 3-view drawing from L'Air May 15, 1928

Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928, [3] The encyclopedia of world aircraft [2]

General characteristics

Performance

262 km/h (163 mph; 141 kn) at 2,000 m (6,600 ft)
258 km/h (160 mph; 139 kn) at 3,000 m (9,800 ft)
254 km/h (158 mph; 137 kn) at 4,000 m (13,000 ft)
250 km/h (160 mph; 130 kn) at 5,000 m (16,000 ft)
5,000 m (16,000 ft) in 11 minutes 17 seconds

Armament

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References

Citations

  1. Magnusson 2007, p. 156
  2. 1 2 Donald, David, ed. (1997). The encyclopedia of world aircraft. Leicester: Blitz Editions. ISBN   1-85605-375-X.
  3. Grey, C.G., ed. (1928). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928. London: Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd. pp. 18d–19d.

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