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Edouard Nieuport (1875-1911) was a French engineer and designer who first worked with motorcycles and automobiles before turning to aircraft. Nieuport's first aircraft was built in 1908, and from this design came the famous Nieuport fighters, which were used by virtually all of the Allied nations during World War I. Nieuport also set world speed records in 1911, before his death later that year when he crashed while demonstrating a fighter to the military. Nieuport's brother, Charles (d. 1913), was also a pilot.

 Identifier

NASM.2002.0056

Creator

Nieuport, Edouard, 1875-1911

Date

undated

Provenance

Ted Hammady, 8/22/2002, Gift

Extent

0.18 Cubic feet ((1 box))

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one CD containing sixty-nine high-resolution image scans produced by Chrome Photographic Services. These images were scanned from the collection of Gérard Pommier and the images relate to the aviation careers of Edouard and Charles Nieuport. This collection also contains one cd of 356 low-resolution image scans and photocopies of photographs and French publications.

Rights

Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests

Restrictions

No restrictions on access.

Citation

Edouard and Charles Nieuport Image Collection, Accession 2002-0056, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Topics

Aeronautics

Aeronautics -- France

Aeronautical engineers

Aeronautics -- Records

Nieuport Aircraft Family

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Publications