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Sopwith Aviation Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Sopwith company was wound up in 1920 after failing to achieve sufficient success with civilian products (which had prompted the purchase of ABC Motors in 1919) to compensate for the drop in military aircraft orders after the end of the War and a potential large demand from the government for Excess War Profits Duty. Following World War One, the Sopwith Snipe was chosen as the standard fighter of the much-reduced Royal Air Force, and soldiered on until finally replaced in the late 1920's. Sopwith attempted to produce aircraft for the civil market based on their wartime types, such as the Dove derivative of the Pup and the Swallow, a single-winged Camel, but the wide availability of war-surplus aircraft at knock-down prices meant this was never economic. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sopwith_Aviation_Company   (1018 words)

Henry John Lawrence Botterell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Canadian War Museum in Ottawa now houses a fence post that was caught in the wing of Botterell's Sopwith Camel during a low-level sortie. During his service, Botterell flew a variety of planes, including several Sopwiths (Pup, Camel and Snipe), the RE8, the SE5, the Graham White and the Maurice Farman. At the end of the war, Botterell was a Flight Lieutenant with the Royal Air Force (the Royal Flying Corps and RNAS had been combined on April 1, 1918 to form the RAF.) en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_John_Lawrence_Botterell   (807 words)

Sopwith 1½ Strutter two-seat fighter Soon the new Sopwith obtained its own unusual name, 1½ Strutter, because the cabane struts with their distinctive W form were reminiscent of half-struts. Among British WWI warplanes the Sopwith 1½ Strutter occupied an honored place because it was the first Allied fighter equipped with a synchronized machine gun. First flight of the new plane took place in mid-December 1916 and after successful trials the Sopwith company received an initial order from the Admiralty. www.rodenplant.com /HTML/402.htm   (409 words)

The Pioneers : An Anthology : Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith (1888 - 1989) Sopwith's next fighter was delivered to "A" Squadron, RNAS which took delivery of the first Sopwith Pup (number 3691) prototype (which was joined by five additional prototypes, numbers 9496/7 and 9898-9900) for a service evaluation. The Sopwith Pup was followed by the Triplane, which was passed by the Sopwith experimental department on May 28th, 1916. The 1.B.1 was the bomber version of the Sopwith 1.A.2, 1 1/2 Strutter and both ancestors of the Cuckoo T1. www.ctie.monash.edu.au /hargrave/sopwith2.html   (6468 words)

Aircraft of the AFC page 4 The Corps d' Armee version was more useful, but as one pilot said 'the Sopwith is a good tourer, no war-plane!' The type was withdrawn from the Western Front early in 1918, and became an operational trainer. The first British fighter equipped with a fixed, forward firing, synchronized machine gun, the Sopwith 1½ Strutter was built in both one and two-seater models. Throughout the summer and autumn of 1917 the Sopwiths equipped most of the day-bombing escadrilles; but with very feeble bomb-load and relatively weak performance. www.diggerhistory.info /pages-air-support/ww1/aircraft-page4.htm   (524 words)

Sopwith Camel - Wikipédia Environ 6 000 Sopwith Camels ont été produit à partir du 22 décembre 1916. Entre le 4 juillet 1917 (date d'entrée dans le conflit) et le 11 novembre 1918 (date de l'armistice) les Sopwiths abattirent 1 294 avions ennemis. Le Sopwith Camel fut sûrement le meilleur construit par le bureau d'étude de Sopwith. fr.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sopwith_Camel   (161 words)

The Great Sopwith Cookup In 1913 Sopwith produced the Tabloid, a fast and clean scout that was initially in 1914 used for it's scouting role. Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith was born in 1888. The chief test pilot of Sopwith's was Harry Hawker, a pionering Australian who before his death in 1921 and with the insolvency of the Sopwith company post-war started the Hawker Engineering Company. wwi-cookup.com /sopwith   (688 words)

People: Harry Hawker: The Boy who wanted to Fly The Sopwith ‘Tabloid’ as the plane which Hawker brought to Melbourne was known, was produced at the Kingston factory of Sopwiths for the first time in November 1913, and in bringing it to Australia, Hawker was giving his people the opportunity to see the very latest in aircraft design. Actually the Sopwith Company had a work force of 14, and Hawker became the fifteenth member. The Sopwith Company men had gone to the trouble to rebuild the American Burgess-Wright biplane which had had a twin propeller, and to modify it to their own design in order to meet the competition requirements. localhistory.kingston.vic.gov.au /htm/article/188.htm   (3297 words)

Small Fry Links After WW1 lots of aircraft were scrapped and there was a general decline in the aircraft industry and Sopwith's were 'absorbed' into the Hawker Aircraft Co. Harry Hawker went on to design the Hurricane (which was essentially the Gloster Gladiator biplane with only one wing!). Tommy was interviewed in his eighties and was asked "Of all the aircraft that Sopwiths and Hawker have turned out, which is your favourite?" he thought about it for some time then replied "It's like asking the father of a very large family to name his favourite daughter?". The Pup was later used for the first successful 'carrier' landing, but when the pilot tried to repeat the feat he unfortunately lost his life as the people who 'caught' the aircraft could not prevent it slipping over the side and the pilot was drowned - aircraft did not have brakes in those days. pages.sbcglobal.net /claryk/sopwithcamel.htm   (448 words)

Red Baron II Dynamix German Planes The Sopwith Triplane "Tripehound" was an excellent plane with an outstanding rate of climb, excellent maneuverability, and a top speed of 117 mph. The Sopwith Snipe was all that the Camel aspired to be. The Sopwith Pup was perhaps one of the most maneuverable planes of the war, having twice the turn rate of an Albatross DIII. www.cagesworld.com /RedBaron2/rb2dynamixalliedplanes.htm   (952 words)

Special Hobby 1/48 Sopwith Tabloid Sopwiths modified the design to a single-seater known as the Speedy Scout, and production began in late 1913. The only other kit of this type of Sopwith aircraft that has been released was a 1/48 Sopwith Baby made by Eduard. Flown by Sopwith test pilot Howard Pixton, it became the first British winner of the Schneider Cup Trophy, with a then-stunning performance of 86.78 m.p.h. m2reviews.cnsi.net /reviews/w1/cleavertabpreview.htm   (543 words)

Early Sopwiths This is an interesting kit of one of the earliest wartime Sopwith designs. The following pictures are of early Sopwith aeroplanes. Rather crude thick molding with and excellent set of PE included. www.onr.com /user/eatons/sop.htm   (177 words)

Two Wars Two Heroes The Sopwith Triplane was 18 feet, 10 inches long, whose three wings had an overall span of 16-1/2 feet. The Sopwith was armed with one fixed synchronized Vickers machine gun in front of the cockpit and was powered by a 130 hp Clerget rotary engine. The planes they flew were Sopwith Triplanes with their cowlings painted black as an open challenge to the Germans. www.kamloopsguide.com /Pages/aHeroes.html   (2075 words)

Artur 1/48 Salmson 2A2 When the French Aviation Militare began searching for a replacement for their inadequate Renault AR.1 and AR.2s and the Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter, a request was made to French manufacturers to submit design proposals. Originally intended as an artillery spotting and reconnaissance aircraft to replace the aging Renaults and Sopwiths, the Salmson was later fitted with bomb racks allowing it to carry 230-lbs of bombs. Armament was a fixed Vickers for the pilot and one or two Lewis guns for the observor. www.internetmodeler.com /2000/january/first-looks/artur_salmson.htm   (819 words)

Bert Hinkler (1892-1933) : Australian Aviation Pioneer Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter biplanes were introduced with the battlecruiser HMAS Australia being the first ship to operate this aircraft in April 1918. By the end of World War 1 he was flying Sopwith Camels with 28 Squadron.... When the RNAS had 67,000 officers and men, 2,949 aircraft, 103 airships and 126 coastal stations when it was decided to merge it with the Royal Flying Corps to form the Royal Air Force in April 1918. www.ctie.monash.edu.au /hargrave/bert_hinkler_bio.html   (3010 words)

American Aces in British Service The Sopwith Triplane briefly dominated the aerial front during the summer of 1917. Politics and intrigues hindered the career of the Sopwith Triplane; ultimately only 150 were built, and only the RNAS used it in combat. Mostly they flew the Sopwith Camel, the Royal Aircraft Factory (R.A.F.) SE5a, or the two-seater Bristol Fighter "Brisfit," although a few flew the uncommon Sopwith Dolphin, including Fred W. Gillet, the most successful American to fly with the RFC. www.acepilots.com /wwi/us_brit.html   (5415 words)

First World War.com - Who's Who - Robert Little All his victories were achieved in command of Sopwiths: 4 with the Pup, 24 with the Triplane; and 19 with the Sopwith Camel. The following year, in June 1916, he was posted to Dunkirk, where (flying the Bristol Scout and the Sopwith 1½ Strutter) he participated in numerous bombing raids prior to joining the 8th Naval Squadron four months later, serving on the Western Front. Born on 19 July 1895 in Melbourne, Little joined the Royal Naval Air Service in 1915 having sailed from Australia to England and qualified as a pilot at his own expense. www.firstworldwar.com /bio/little.htm   (215 words)

Fokker Dr.1 Triplane On March 9, he claimed his first British plane (a Sopwith Camel) in the triplane (#204/17). The dogfighting brought the planes down to 4500 feet, where one of the Sopwiths flew at Bäumer. Fokker's new triplane was no mere knockoff of the Sopwith. www.acepilots.com /wwi/fokker_triplane.html   (1018 words)

Sqn Histories 201-205_P In April 1917, the Sopwiths began to be replaced by DH4s, a process completed in August, having adopted the day-bomber role in July. In June 1916 'A' Squadron received its first Sopwith Triplane, although it was December before the squadron had a full complement of these and February before the last Nieuport left. It was a bomber unit equipped with Sopwith 1 www.rafweb.org /Sqn201-205.htm   (3374 words)

FokD7 The D.VII is not as sensitive to fly as the Sopwith Camel, yet responds crisply to the controls. Such was crucial at the last stage in the war, as the German Air Ministry grappled with the problem of hastily trained pilots. At the D-Class competition, front line fighter pilots were ecstatic over the performance of the machine, and large contracts (with such firms as Albatros as subcontractors) were given the firm. www.homestead.com /RitterGerman/FokD7.html   (2084 words)

William Barker Biography Finally the School brass gave in and provided him with a new fighter, the Sopwith Snipe and sent him on a supposedly short, roving tour of the Front. He was still using canes and had his arm in a sling, but they took up Sopwith's new two-seater Dove and stunted for half an hour over London. In the late spring he again was given the honour of flying the Prince of Wales. www.410wing.cyberus.ca /barkerbio.html   (8502 words)

Aviation Stereoviews The aircraft shown are indeed Sopwiths, but Snipes (in full, the Sopwith 7F.1 Snipe). This was Sopwith's next-but-one model after their famous Camel. As was common in those days, the many aeroplane manufactures each tended to have a recognisable style to their products, which is why the Snipes shown here have marked visual similarities to the earlier Camel. www.stereoviews.com /aviation.html   (309 words)

The Aerodrome Forum - Mick Reeves Sopwiths I bought a set of his wheels for a 1/3 scale Sopwith Pup. I'm going to order his 1/4 scale Sopwith fittings and fork ends for my Vickers F.B 16D project also. If I were to build a Sopwith for scale compition I would definitely go with one of his kits. www.theaerodrome.com /forum/printthread.php?s=0a0fac8ab6bccaa3931ff960df2207cf&t=15495   (179 words)

Old Rhinebeck's Sopwiths On last day of 1999, the Sopwith Dolphin was displayed without fabric covering. The museum also contains a Sopwith Dolphin which was a flying exhibit until it was crashed into the tree's opposite the spectator stands. The Museum has one flying Sopwith Replica, the Sopwith Camel, now in RNAS markings. wwi-cookup.com /sopwith/museum/museum_rhinebeck.html   (62 words)

The Death of Joseph Purer Otto Forster) had become separated from their flight when Cottle's Sopwiths attacked. But all seven of his victories had been scored as a two seater pilot - he had no combat experience in an Albatros, nor did any of the three pilots with him. sopwithmotorsports.com /indysquadron/id39.html   (378 words)

Untitled The twenty Sopwiths took the air at precise intervals, flew together in a V formation while executing difficult manoeuvres, and landed one after the other with the exactness of clockwork. The Sopwith fluttered a second or two, then its wings buckled and it dropped in the wake of the Nieuport. The English in their single-seated Sopwiths, which carried four bombs each, were the first to leave. www.ku.edu /carrie/texts/world_war_I/macbook.htm   (21899 words)

Welcome to The League of WWI Aviation Historians The blue sky sparkled with a splendid cleanness that revealed, 300 meters (about 1,000 feet) below us, that we were being trailed by several flights of Sopwiths and SE5s. I could look down at their airfields and see the Sopwith Camels and SE5s being pulled out of their hangars, being started and formed up, and then slowly clambering into the air. But for them it would be a laborious business to catch up to us at the altitude and speed we had attained with our Rumpler-Maybach engine. www.overthefront.com /articles/art_rabe3.html   (1023 words)

IAH PART II The planes the French had were old sopwiths and were fairly simple to pilot. As the sun rose, the small family flew out of Paris in a stolen sopwith from the French army. Being intelligent, young, healthy, and well-known throughout the country, the French immediately took him on and gave him command of a plane. www.msu.edu /course/iah/201/stevens/FHProject/SPRING2001/Ziethlow   (712 words)

Draw 50 Airplanes, Aircrafts, and Spacecraft : The Step-by-Step Way to Draw World War II Fighter Planes, Modern Jets, Space Capsules, and Much More... (Zephyr Book) Hopefully, someday, there will be a revised edition that can capture some late arrivals to the first century of flight that today's kids really like- the Space Shuttle, the SR-71 Blackbird, the F-117 Nighthawk. A bunch of my favorites are there: Sopwiths, P-40s, Spitfires, F-86 Sabres, P-38s. Wish it had been around when I was a kid, doodling airplanes. www.duchs.com /isbn/0385236298   (281 words)

boats.com - News: The state of the America's Cup He cited the Vanderbilts, Liptons, and Sopwiths as providing the driving force during the heyday of the event between the Wars and said, "Finance is one of the toughest problems in putting together a challenge, but these men have removed that." He inferred that the sailors could devote more of their effort to the racing. The most experienced of the Cup skippers gathered at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club for a media conference said that the big money men were not new to the Cup. www.boats.com /content/default_detail.jsp?contentid=11281   (560 words)

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