Nieuport-Delage Sesquiplan

Sesquiplan
The world record setting NiD 41 Sesquiplan 'Eugène Gilbert'
Role Racing monoplane
National origin France
Manufacturer Nieuport-Delage
First flight 1921
Number built 2

The Nieuport-Delage Sesquiplans were a series of 1920s French racing monoplanes built by Nieuport-Delage. It was the first aircraft to be recorded as achieving 200 mph (321.88 km/h) in level flight and it established a world air speed record in 1923, attaining an airspeed of 205.2 mph (330.275 km/h).

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