The Nieuport 17 was a French biplane fighter aircraft of World War I, manufactured by the Nieuport company. The type reached the French front in March 1916, and quickly began to replace the Nieuport 11 in French service.
It was also ordered by the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service, as it was superior to any British fighter at that time. Worthy of note is the fact that during part of 1916, the Nieuport 17 equipped every fighter squadron of the Aéronautique Militaire.
Many of the French and British aces began their careers flying the Nieuport 17. The highly maneuverable "Superbébé" was a larger, improved version of the Nieuport 11. Like its predecessor, it was initially equipped with a Lewis gun but was upgraded to a synchronized Vickers machine gun. Helping end Germany's domination of the air war, the Nieuport 17 easily outclimbed and outperformed the Fokker E.III.
Once its operational days were over the aircraft found its way into civilian hands and was used to train many pilots.
We have recreated this marvelous aircraft as a paper card model as a downloadable pdf file. Upon purchase download the pdf file and save to your computer so that you can reprint it as many times as you like.
This paper card model airplane should be printed on 32# paper in full color. For assembly all that is required is a pencil, a pair of scissors, a knife and some white glue.
Once assembled you will have a beautiful model which will be hard to differentiate from plastic or wood models. This Nieuport 17 paper card model airplane makes a great school or family project!
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Sometimes, however, you would rather have a really nice plastic kit to build, like this one:
For a lot of fun, try flying this RTF (Ready To Fly) model of the Nieuport 17:
