Bernard SIMB AB 14 explained

The Bernard SIMB AB 14 was a 1920s French single-seat sesquiplane fighter aircraft designed and built by the Société Industrielle des Métaux et du Bois (SIMB).^[1] With a reluctance of the French authorities to purchase monoplanes the Bernard 14 was designed as a sesquiplane with Y-form struts bracing the wings on each side. It was powered by a Hispano-Suiza 12Hb inline piston engine and had a fixed tailskid landing gear. While on a test flight on 22 February 1926 the aircraft suffered a catastrophic structural failure of the upper wing and the only Bernard 14 was destroyed.

Bibliography

• Bruner. Georges. Fighters a la Francaise, Part One. Air Enthusiast . 1977. 3 . 85–95 . 0143-5450.
• Book: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
• Book: Liron . Jean . Les avions Bernard . 1990 . Éditions Larivière . Paris . 2-84890-065-2. Collection Docavia. 31.

External links

• Bernard 14

Notes and References

1. Liron, p. 180, 224