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Spad2|spæd|
[f. the initials of Société pour Aviation et ses Dérivés, the designers.]
Any of several types of French aircraft, esp. a biplane fighter much used in the war of 1914–18. Also attrib.
1917Sci. Amer. Oct. 249/1 Still faster is the ‘Spad’, a tiny biplane. 1918J. M. Grider War Birds (1927) 60 They have Pups and Spads and Avros. Ibid. 88 There were three Spads so Capt. Foggin asked for Spad pilots. 1920A. J. L. Scott Hist. Sixty Squadron, R.A.F. ii. 15 Foot..was given a ‘Spad’, on which he did great execution during the autumn. 1926J. L. Pritchard Bk. Aeroplane xii. 230 Spad machines were recognised as among the fastest..used by the Allies during the war. 1929Hall & Niles One Man's War 170 In very high, thin air the Nieuports manœuvred very well, better perhaps than the Spads did, because the Spad was a heavier machine. 1970Word Watching Apr. 7/1 Spad, A-1 fighter-bomber escort for rescue helicopters. 1973D. Lees Rape of Quiet Town vi. 101 Vague memories of anti-aircraft drill from the days of Spads and Fokkers. |