The Dewoitine D.7 was a French sport plane built in the mid 1920s.

Development

The D.7 was a conventionally laid-out

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, with a thick

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. Its single seat, open

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, provided with a small windscreen, was over the wing. It had conventional, fixed, tailskid

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. The D.7 could be powered by any small engine; the Salmson AD.3

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, the Clerget 2K flat twin, Vaslin flat-four or Vaslin water-cooled six cylinder inline engines were fitted.

Operators

; * One aircraft was sold to the

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Specifications (AD.3 engine)

References

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Aviafrance website/Dewoitine
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