{{short description|French WW1 fighter aircraft}} <!-- This article is a part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout. --> {{Infobox aircraft | name = XIV | logo = | logo_size = | image = SPAD S.XIV 01.jpg | alt = | caption = | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = seaplane fighter | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = France | manufacturer = SPAD | design_group = | designer = | builder = | issuer = | status = | owners = | primary_user = | more_users = | service = | major_applications = | proposals = | prototypes = | number_built = 40<ref name="Taylor 835">Taylor, Michael J H. Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. pg. 835. Portland House, 1989. {{ISBN|0-517-69186-8}}</ref> | construction_number = | civil_registration = | military_serial = | radio_code = | requirement = | aircraft_carried = | flights = | total_hours = | total_distance = | construction_date = | introduction = 1918 | retired = | first_flight = 15 November 1917<ref name="Avia">[http://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=144&ID_CONSTRUCTEUR=1231 aviafrance.com]. Accessed 7 April 2009.</ref> | initiated = | in_service = | last_flight = | expected = | developed_from = SPAD XII | variants = | developed_into = | preservation = | fate = | predecessors = | successors = | concluded = }}
The '''SPAD XIV''' was a French biplane floatplane fighter aircraft built by Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés (SPAD) and flown by the French Navy during World War I.
==Development and design== The SPAD XIV was a development of the SPAD XII. It was single-seat biplane powered by a 149 kW (200 hp) Hispano-Suiza 8Bc engine. 40 were constructed and flew in the French Navy during 1918.<ref name="Taylor 835"/> <!-- ==Operational history== --> <!-- ==Variants== -->
==Operators== ;{{FRA}} *''Aeronavale''
==Specifications== {{Aircraft specs |ref=aviafrance.com<ref name="Avia"/> |prime units? = met
|crew=1 |length m=7.40 |length ft=24 |length in=3 |span m=9.80 |span ft=32 |span in=1.75 |height m=4.00 |height ft=13 |height in=5.5 |wing area sqm=26.20 |empty weight kg=770 |empty weight lb=1,697 |gross weight kg=1,060 |gross weight lb=2,336
|eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=Hispano-Suiza 8BeC |eng1 kw=149 |eng1 hp=220 |max speed kmh=205 |max speed mph=127.3 |range km=249.4 |range miles=155 |ceiling m=4998.7 |ceiling ft=16,400 |armament = *1 x {{cvt|0.303|in|2|order=flip}} synchronised Vickers machine gun *1 x {{cvt|37|mm|2}} S.A.M.C. cannon }}
==References== {{reflist}} {{refbegin}} * Taylor, John W. R., and Jean Alexander. "Combat Aircraft of the World" New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1969 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 68-25459 (Pg.128-129 {{refend}}
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