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Sopwith Gun Bus 1913 |
The Gun Bus was essentially a landplane derivative of
the S.P.Gn (Sopwith Pusher, gun), a gun-carrying two-seat
pusher biplane with twin floats. ... read more ... |
The original Tabloid appeared in 1913 as a civil two-seater but in the following year was selected for military service ... read more ... |
Sopwith Tabloid 1913 |
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Derived from the Schneider single-seat fighter seaplane,
the Baby first appeared in September 1915, and
differed from its predecessor primarily in ... read more ... |
Sopwith Baby 1915 |
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Sopwith Pup 1916 |
The Pup or Scout Tractor was Sopwith's follow-up fighter to the 1 1/2-Strutter and got its name as a smaller ... read more ... |
Said to have been the progenitor of the Fokker Dr.I triplane - and therefore various other less successful German triplanes ... read more ... |
Sopwith Triplane 1916 |
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Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter 1916 |
Deriving its extraordinary appellation from a characteristic
arrangement of cabane struts - a name that was
initially unofficial, but came to be ... read more ... |
The L.R.T.Tr., presumably signifying Long-Range Tractor
Triplane, was designed to meet an RFC requirement
for a combined escort fighter and airship interceptor.
Other ... read more ... |
Sopwith L.R.T.Tr. 1916 |
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Sopwith Camel 1917 |
The Camel is remembered as the most successful British single-seat fighter of World War I and is credited with 1,294 ... read more ... |
The Sopwith Snipe was the RAF's standard single-seat fighter of the post-World War I period until replaced by the Gloster ... read more ... |
Sopwith Snipe 1917 |
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Sopwith 5F.1 Dolphin 1917 |
Designed to provide the pilot with the best possible
view in tactically important directions, the 5F.1 Dolphin
was unusual in being a ... read more ... |
The prototype Cuckoo torpedo-bomber flew in June 1917 and was powered by a Hispano-Suiza engine. Production aircraft first appeared with ... read more ... |
Sopwith Cuckoo 1917 |
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Sopwith 3F.2 Hippo 1917 |
Built as a private venture, the Hippo two-seat fighter
featured negative wing stagger, the gap between the
wings being completely filled by ... read more ... |
A fighter-reconnaissance two-seater, the Bulldog was
a compact aircraft which, in its initial form as first flown
late 1917, was a single-bay ... read more ... |
Sopwith 2FR.2 Bulldog 1917 |
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Sopwith Snail 1918 |
In October 1917, the A.B.C. Wasp seven-cylinder radial
air-cooled engine was considered to offer much
promise, and on the 31st of that ... read more ... |
The sixth and last prototype of the Snipe was fitted
with the 320hp A.B.C. Dragonfly nine-cylinder radial
engine as the Snipe ... read more ... |
Sopwith Dragon 1919 |
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Sopwith Snapper 1919 |
Designed in parallel with the Snark triplane and similarly
intended to meet the requirements of the RAF's
Type I specification, the ... read more ... |
Despite the fact that, by 1918, the triplane configuration
was widely considered as passe for the fighter, on 14
May of that ... read more ... |
Sopwith Snark 1919 |
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