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2007 Hanriot HD.1 was a French World War I single-seat fighter aircraft. Rejected for service with French squadrons in favour of the SPAD S.VII, the type was supplied to the Belgian Army′s Aviation Militaire Belge (“Belgian Military Aviation”) and the Royal Italian Army′s Corpo Aeronautico Militare (“Military Aviation Corps”), with both of which it proved highly successful. Of a total of about 1,200 examples built, 831 were produced by Italian companies under licence.

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The Hanriot HD.1 was a French biplane fighter aircraft that was designed by Pierre Dupont and manufactured by Hanriot during World War I. It was rejected by the French air force, which preferred the SPAD S.VII, but it was adopted by the Belgian and Italian air forces, where it proved to be a successful and popular fighter. The Hanriot HD.1 had a Le Rhone rotary engine that gave it a maximum speed of 185 km/h and a ceiling of 6,400 m.
See oli relvastatud ühe või kahe Vickersi masinapüstoliga, mis tulistasid läbi propelleri. Hanriot HD.1 oli vilgas ja kergesti lendav ning seda kasutasid mitmed ässad, näiteks Willy Coppens, Belgia parim äss HD.1 37 võiduga. Hanriot HD.1 ehitati litsentsi alusel ka Nieuport-Macchi poolt Itaalias, mis tootis aastatel 1917–1919 ligi 900 ühikut. Hanriot HD.1 jäi kasutusele kuni 1920. aastani ning seda kasutasid ka USA merevägi ja Šveits katseteks ja koolituseks.