Sopwith Bee

1917

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Sopwith Bee

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Sopwith Bee

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GrahamClayton, e-mail, 25.11.2023 05:35

The smallest plane built by Sopwith in the WW1-era. The the one-off Bee was built from Sopwith Pup components.

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sven, 29.06.2016 01:24

Well done Barry. Another day keeping the spammers at bay.

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Barry, 28.06.2016 18:33

A one off designed as a personal plane for Harry Hawker. it was later fitted with a .303" machine gun in an attempt to satisfy an Admiralty requirement for a "torpedo boat destroyer", but nothing came of it.

Power plant 1 X Gnome Omega 7 cylinder rotary engine

Span 16'3" Length 14'3"

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David Mills, USA, e-mail, 03.11.2010 01:40

Dear Sir,
I've a 3-view of average quality, a couple of fuzzy b /w photos, and some text w /color and marking info on the Sopwith Bee, if you're interested. Great website. Many thanks for your efforts.

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