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service and quickly began to replace the S.E.5. At this time 56 Squadron was still the only unit flying the new fighter; in fact it was the only operational unit to be fully equipped with the initial 150 hp S.E.5 – all other S.E.5 squadrons officially used the 200 hp S.E.5a from the outset – although a few S.E.5s were issued to other squadrons due to an acute shortage of the S.E.5a. Deliveries of the S.E.5a suffered from delays due to a shortage of available engines with which to power the type.
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1296:, USAF Ret, a First World War ace with 21.5 victories. Lambert flew the S.E.5a as an American member of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Air Force. The Air Force Museum Foundation also helped buy the aircraft. It is painted to represent an S.E.5e of the 18th Headquarters Squadron, Bolling Field, Washington, D.C., in 1925.
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1917) due to a weakness in their wing design. The third prototype underwent modification before production commenced; the S.E.5 was known in service as an exceptionally strong aircraft which could be dived at very high speed – the squarer wings also gave much improved lateral control at low airspeeds.
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until the following month. Everyone was suspicious of the large "greenhouse" windscreens fitted to the first production models. These were designed to protect the pilot in his unusually high seating position, which was in turn intended to improve vision over the upper wing. The squadron did not fly
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for the manufacture and delivery of around 1,000 S.E.5s to be produced in the United States. However, only one
Curtiss-built aircraft would be completed prior to the end of the conflict, after which demand for the S.E.5 had effectively evaporated, production being quickly halted after a further 56
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which was initially equipped with the S.E.5a, listed the type's qualities as being: "Comfortable, with a good all-round view, retaining its performance and manoeuvrability at high level, steady and quick to gather speed in the dive, capable of a very fine zoom, useful in both offence and defence,
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pilot and former RFC mechanic, was famous for his prolific fine-tuning of his aircraft in order to produce improved performance from it; McCudden was able to increase the top speed by 9 mph and to raise the service ceiling from the standard 17,000 ft to 20,000 ft. His adaptions
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January 1919, it was tested with standard S.E.5a wings and in this form survived as a research aircraft into the early twenties.
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of the upper wing's centre section. One of its greatest advantages over the
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2179:"A Private Owner's Successful Debut"
2494:Nijboer, Donald and Dan Patterson.
2374:Aircraft in Profile, Volume 1/Part1
2369:, 17 July 1953. pp. 85–89, 93.
1983:National Museum of the US Air Force
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1327:Full-scale replica S.E.5a built by
735:" in black smoke from an S.E.5a at
420:Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
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2001:Nijboer and Patterson 2016, p. 20.
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551:The S.E.5 was armed with a single
463:Nose of the S.E.5B being inspected
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884:No. 1 Flying Training School RAAF
363:, but with better excess power".
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2109:McCudden 2000 (1919), p. 168.
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775:Experimental prototype, with
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2303:, Retrieved: 8 January 2017.
2288:, Retrieved: 8 January 2017.
2242:, Retrieved: 8 January 2017.
2077:, Retrieved: 8 January 2017.
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2436:Britain's Greatest Aircraft
2396:SE 5/5a Aces of World War 1
2122:British Aeroplanes, 1914–18
1965:. Retrieved: 11 April 2010.
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2421:The Royal Aircraft Factory
2372:Bruce, J.M. "The S.E.5A".
2331:. Retrieved: 26 July 2009.
2055:. Retrieved: 26 July 2009.
1963:British Aircraft Directory
1902:, Retrieved: 26 July 2009.
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2543:"History of the SE.5a."
2438:. Pen and Sword, 2007.
2423:. London:Putnam, 1990.
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2091:Jackson 2007, p. 11.
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688:James McCudden
684:Edward Mannock
668:British Empire
664:Wolseley Viper
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609:James McCudden
538:rotary engines
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277:James McCudden
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381:Austin Motors
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305:Henry Folland
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206:Western Front
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198:Hispano-Suiza
195:
194:Sopwith Camel
190:
188:
184:
183:Frank Goodden
180:
176:
175:Henry Folland
172:
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158:is a British
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101:Primary users
99:
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90:Henry Folland
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2515:The SE5 File
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2373:
2364:
2345:
2338:Bibliography
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2240:Shuttleworth
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2027:
2018:
1982:
1962:
1955:
1916:
1907:
1899:
1885:
1837:Mick Mannock
1821:
1797:Fokker D.VII
1787:Albatros D.V
1780:
1779:
1722:Cooper bombs
1714:
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1568:
1563:Lower chord:
1562:
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1550:Upper chord:
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1408:
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1364:
1359:
1345:
1341:The Blue Max
1334:
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1202:
974:South Africa
868:
843:
722:
719:
708:
697:
676:Billy Bishop
661:
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645:
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587:
566:fitted on a
553:synchronised
550:
546:Fokker D.VII
542:leading edge
528:
505:
475:
466:
432:Nieuport 24s
425:
409:
403:(2,164) and
372:
370:
334:
300:
299:xperimental
296:
292:
290:
221:Bloody April
214:
191:
155:
153:
145:First flight
124:Number built
76:Manufacturer
47:
29:
2230:"RAF SE5a."
1855:Cecil Lewis
1831:Albert Ball
1817:SPAD S.XIII
1802:Nieuport 28
1641:Performance
1633:Propellers:
1615:Powerplant:
1442:The Aviator
1439:(1939) and
844:World War I
777:sesquiplane
729:advertising
692:Albert Ball
632:Albert Ball
428:Airco DH 5s
395:(258), the
349:SPAD S.XIII
321:Farnborough
291:The S.E.5 (
239:Development
4111:Categories
3678:RAN Series
2998:Harry Tate
2387:Cheesman.
2165:0900424265
1868:References
1575:Wing area:
1436:Test Pilot
1375:Washington
1277:, then as
1251:Old Warden
851:in France.
745:Morris Cup
741:air racing
733:Daily Mail
725:skywriting
485:box girder
393:Martinsyde
311:and Major
181:and Major
140:March 1917
2981:Nicknames
2957:Baby/Beta
1960:"S.E.5A."
1878:Citations
1703:Lewis gun
1627:V8 engine
1512:Data from
1471:Zeppelins
1457:Aces High
1190:Originals
827:Australia
814:Argentina
809:Operators
737:The Derby
711:Armistice
594:altimeter
564:Lewis gun
534:V8 engine
383:(1,650),
329:V8 engine
233:Armistice
212:fighter.
4132:Biplanes
3508:A68 (II)
2993:Goldfish
2945:Airships
2600:aircraft
2255:Archived
2233:Archived
1893:Archived
1731:See also
1674:Armament
1466:Zeppelin
1433:(1934),
1427:(1933),
1421:(1930),
1415:(1927),
869:Post-war
751:Variants
605:dihedral
579:fuselage
521:elevator
353:dogfight
187:Spitfire
85:Designer
3983:A40/N40
3893:A22/N22
3868:A17/N17
3779:present
3503:A68 (I)
3139:1935–63
3062:1921–34
3050:Italics
2845:H.R.E.3
2840:H.R.E.2
1582:Airfoil
1569:Height:
1537:Length:
1502:Vickers
1383:Arizona
1371:Seattle
936:Ireland
590:compass
583:cockpit
513:aileron
481:biplane
478:tractor
407:(431).
401:Vickers
399:(200),
389:Curtiss
387:(560),
315:of the
244:Origins
210:Sopwith
165:of the
160:biplane
132:History
2799:F.E.12
2794:F.E.11
2789:F.E.10
2694:B.E.12
2689:B.E.11
2684:B.E.10
2557:Flight
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2183:Flight
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2129:
1715:Bombs:
1654:Range:
1290:Dayton
1271:G-EBIA
1263:G-EBIA
951:Poland
902:Canada
892:Brazil
772:S.E.5b
762:S.E.5a
572:"C.C."
558:-inch
517:rudder
501:high-g
472:Design
455:S.E.5b
373:S.E.5a
367:S.E.5a
202:H-S 8B
4072:Lists
3777:1964–
2967:Delta
2962:Gamma
2936:T.E.1
2920:S.E.7
2915:S.E.6
2910:S.E.5
2898:S.E.4
2893:S.E.3
2888:S.E.2
2883:S.E.1
2865:R.E.9
2860:R.E.8
2855:R.E.7
2850:R.E.5
2836:R.E.2
2831:R.E.1
2815:N.E.1
2784:F.E.9
2779:F.E.8
2774:F.E.7
2769:F.E.6
2764:F.E.4
2759:F.E.3
2754:F.E.2
2749:F.E.1
2731:C.E.1
2715:B.S.2
2710:B.S.1
2679:B.E.9
2674:B.E.8
2669:B.E.7
2664:B.E.6
2659:B.E.5
2654:B.E.4
2649:B.E.3
2644:B.E.2
2639:B.E.1
2623:A.E.3
2618:A.E.2
2613:A.E.1
1873:Notes
1682:Guns:
1586:RAF15
1531:Crew:
1412:Wings
1360:F8010
1275:D7000
1238:F-904
1203:D7000
924:Chile
796:T.E.1
756:S.E.5
611:, an
489:spars
391:(1),
345:R.E.8
341:F.E.2
337:B.E.2
295:cout
127:5,205
3668:A100
2519:ISBN
2500:ISBN
2485:ISBN
2470:ISBN
2455:ISBN
2440:ISBN
2425:ISBN
2411:ISBN
2400:ISBN
2378:ISBN
2350:ISBN
2160:ISBN
2127:ISBN
1857:, MC
1687:1 x
1617:1 Ă—
1504:and
1452:SV.4
1379:Mesa
1365:The
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1255:F904
1197:The
727:for
686:and
672:aces
556:.303
524:trim
515:and
493:ribs
430:and
343:and
327:, a
154:The
65:Type
48:F904
4063:A69
4058:A56
4053:A55
4048:A54
4043:A53
4038:N52
4033:A51
4028:N49
4023:N48
4018:A47
4013:A46
4008:A45
4003:A44
3998:A43
3993:N42
3988:A41
3978:A39
3973:A38
3968:A37
3963:A36
3958:A35
3953:A34
3948:A33
3943:A32
3938:A31
3933:A30
3928:N29
3923:N28
3918:A27
3913:A26
3908:A25
3903:N24
3898:A23
3888:A21
3883:A20
3878:A19
3873:A18
3863:A16
3858:A15
3853:A14
3848:A13
3843:A12
3838:A11
3833:A10
3761:N16
3756:N15
3751:N14
3746:N13
3741:N12
3736:N11
3731:N10
3663:A99
3658:A98
3653:A97
3648:A96
3643:A95
3638:A94
3633:A93
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3623:A91
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3268:A25
3263:A24
3258:A23
3253:A22
3248:A21
3243:A20
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