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  • Vought VE-7
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  • The Vought VE-7 Bluebird was an early biplane of the United States. First flying in 1917, it was designed as a two-seat trainer for the United States Army, then adopted by the United States Navy as its very first fighter aircraft. In 1922, a VE-7 became the first plane to take off from an American aircraft carrier.
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loaded weight main
  • 1937.0
climb rate main
  • 738.0
number of props
  • 1
length alt
  • 7.45 m
span main
  • 1046.48
Produced
  • 1918
height alt
  • 2.63 m
primary user
Type
  • Fighter & Trainer
type of prop
  • 2
range alt
  • 467.0
length main
  • 24
power alt
  • 134.0
area main
  • 284.5
power main
  • 180.0
height main
  • 8
span alt
  • 10.47 m
range main
  • 290.0
Manufacturer
max speed main
  • 106.0
engine (prop)
climb rate alt
  • 225
ceiling main
  • 15000.0
empty weight main
  • 1392.0
loaded weight alt
  • 879.0
area alt
  • 26.43
First Flight
  • 1917
more users
max speed alt
  • 171.0
jet or prop?
  • prop
empty weight alt
  • 631.0
plane or copter?
  • plane
ceiling alt
  • 4,600 m
Crew
  • 2
Armament
  • 1
Number Built
  • 128
Designer
  • Chance Milton Vought
ref
  • Janes Fighting Aircraft of World War I by Michael John Haddrick Taylor , 320 pp.
abstract
  • The Vought VE-7 Bluebird was an early biplane of the United States. First flying in 1917, it was designed as a two-seat trainer for the United States Army, then adopted by the United States Navy as its very first fighter aircraft. In 1922, a VE-7 became the first plane to take off from an American aircraft carrier.
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