page_title: Nieuport-Delage NiD 42
section_title: Variants
hierarchical_section_title: Nieuport-Delage NiD 42 / Variants
caption_attribution_description: English: Nieuport Delage NiD 46 C.1 photo from L'Aéronautique January,1926
context_page_description: The Nieuport-Delage NiD 42 was a fighter aircraft built in France in the early 1920s, the first in a family of designs that would form the backbone of the French fighter force over the next decade.
context_section_description: NiD 42
  prototype single-seat parasol-wing monoplane fighter with 370 kW (500 hp) Hispano-Suiza 12Hb (one built)
  NiD 42S
  shoulder-wing monoplane racer with 450 kW (600 hp) Hispano-Suiza 12Hb (two built)
  NiD 42 C.1
  single-seat sesquiplane fighter with 370 kW (500 hp) Hispano-Suiza 12Hb (27 built, mostly for French AF, includes two for the Turkish Air Force
  NiD 42 C.2
  two-seat sesquiplane fighter with 370 kW (500 hp) Hispano-Suiza 12Hb (two built)
  NiD 44 C.1
  prototype sesquiplane fighter, powered by a 340 kW (450 hp) Lorraine 12Ew W-12 engine, to test alternate engine (one built)
  NiD 46 C.1
  prototype sesquiplane fighter with 370 kW (500 hp) Hispano-Suiza 12Gb to test alternate engine (one built)
  NiD 52 C.1
  version for Spanish Air Force with 370 kW (500 hp) Hispano-Suiza 12Hb (126 built, including 125 under licence in Spain)
  NiD 62 C.1
  production fighter version for French military with 370 kW (500 hp) Hispano-Suiza 12Hb (322 built)
  NiD 621
  advanced trainer powered by a 370 kW (500 hp) Hispano-Suiza 12Hb (three built)
  NiD 622
  production fighter powered by a 370 kW (500 hp) Hispano-Suiza 12Hb (314 built)
  NiD 623
  speed record aircraft modified from 62 powered by a 450 kW (600 hp) Lorraine 12Fd Courlis W-12 engine, (one built)
  NiD 624
  experimental altitude aircraft powered by a 450 kW (600 hp) Lorraine 12Fd Courlis W-12 engine, (one built)
  NiD 626
  variant for Peru with 370 kW (500 hp) Lorraine 12Hdr V-12 engine (12 built)
  NiD 628
  testbed for testing Farman turbocharger powered by a 370 kW (500 hp) Hispano-Suiza 12Mc (two built)
  NiD 629
  production fighter powered by a 370 kW (500 hp) Hispano-Suiza 12Mdsh (50 built for French)
  NiD 72 C.1
  metalized version for Belgium and Brazil powered by a 450 kW (600 hp) Hispano-Suiza 12Lb (16 built for Brazil and Belgium)
  NiD 82 C.1
  metalized prototype with 450 kW (600 hp) Hispano-Suiza 12Lb and entirely new wing and tail (one built)
caption: Nieuport Delage NiD 46 C.1 photo from L'Aéronautique January,1926
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