SPAD is well-known for its WWI single seat fighter aircraft. Less well-known are a series of two-seat fighter aircraft they produced, including National Air and Space Museum's SPAD XVI. This talk will cover the history of SPAD and the Museum's aircraft as well as its association with controversial airpower advocate General William Mitchell. Billy Mitchell piloted this Spad XVI on many observation flights over the front lines during pivotal battles in the last months of the war.  The Spad XVI is on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. How to attend