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Страна: Франция

Год: 1914

J.Davilla, A.Soltan French Aircraft of the First World War (Flying Machines)

Ponnier L.1

  In 1914 Avions Ponnier produced the Ponnier Scout, a small, single-engine aircraft with an abbreviated nose, biplane wings of unequal span, and a comma-shaped rudder. The engine was an 80-hp Gnome. No armament was fitted. The aircraft was probably designed as a sporting aircraft, but because of its relatively high speed was presented to the military as a single-seat scout. One feature of this aircraft, which may have carried the designation L.1, was that it could be easily taken apart and reassembled. The aircraft was not selected by the army, but a single example may have been impressed into service with the C.R.P. in November of 1914.


Ponnier L.1 with 80-hp Gnome
   Span 8.0 m; length 5.21 m; wing area 12.00 m
   Loaded weight 215 kg
   Maximum speed: 115 km/h; climb 200 m per minute
   Armament: none
   One built



Ponnier Armored Reconnaissance Aircraft

  The Ponnier armored biplane was built to meet General Bernard's 1913 specification for an armored two-seat, short-range reconnaissance machine. Bleriot, Breguet, Clement-Bayard, Deperdussin, Dorand, Ponnier, and Voisin all produced prototypes to meet this demanding specification.
  The Ponnier built in 1914 was a biplane powered by an 80hp Gnome. It was not selected for use because the engine was not sufficiently powerful to give the heavy aircraft an adequate speed and climb rate. The prototype may have been designated the Ponnier D.8.
  By 1914 Turkey had purchased a Ponnier armored reconnaissance plane with an 80-hp engine. It was used by De Goys who was serving as an adviser to the Turkish air service. The Ponnier was sent to Syria in February 1915 and was lost while landing at night, its loss depriving the 4th Army of aerial reconnaissance. It is not known if this was the armored biplane or the Ponnier D.3 shown on the preceding page.


Ponnier Armored Reconnaissance Aircraft
   Span was 10.55 m; length 5.30 m; wing area 16.0 sq. m
   Loaded weight 340 kg
   Maximum speed: 130 km/h; climb 160 m per minute
   Armament: none
   One built

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