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Produced. 1916–1918. Number built. 1,796. Variants. Beardmore W.B.III. The Sopwith Pup is a British single-seater biplane fighter aircraft built by the Sopwith Aviation Company. It entered service with the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps in the autumn of 1916. With pleasant flying characteristics and good manoeuvrability ...
The Pup was a single-bay, single-seat biplane with a fabric-covered, wooden framework and staggered, equal-span wings. The cross axle type main landing gear supported on V-struts attached to the lower fuselage longerons. The prototype and most production Pups were powered by the 80 hp (60 kW) Le Rhône rotary engine.
- 9 ft 5 in (2.87 m)
- 111 mph (180 km/h)
- 19 ft 3.75 in (5.89 m)
- 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
Thomas Sopwith, c. 1910. The Sopwith Aviation Company (based at Brooklands) was created in June 1912 by Thomas Sopwith, a wealthy sportsman interested in aviation, yachting and motor-racing, when he was 24 years old. Following their first military aircraft sale in November 1912, Sopwith moved to the company's first factory premises which opened ...
- 15 December 1913
- Kingston-on-Thames, UK
- 5,000
- Aviation
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Feb 8, 2018 · Sopwith's fighting scout. The Sopwith Scout or Type 9901, unofficially but universally known as the Pup, was one of the first true British fighter aircraft. It played a key part in maintaining control of the skies over the Western Front during and after ‘Bloody April’ 1917, while its superb flying qualities kept it competitive as ever ...
82/A/1067. Museum: Midlands. Location: Test Flight. On Display: Yes. The Pup, thought of by its pilots as the perfect flying machine, was used extensively by the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps both at home and abroad. The first Pups reached the Western Front in the autumn of 1916 allowing the enthusiastic British pilots to ...
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A Sopwith Pup. The Sopwith Pup was a single-seater pilot, constructed from a wooden frame with a canvas cover. Powered by an 80 hp engine, the Pup had a maximum speed of 110 mph and was able to climb 10,000 feet in 14 minutes. It was also armed with a Vickers machine gun on the front. The RNAS was technically the first service to order the Pup ...
Jan 23, 2021 · A Sopwith Pup! in the waning months of 1917, the HMS Furious was being deployed to the northern coast of France. From there, Sopwith Pups and later, Sopwith Camels, would be deployed to fight German forces, or defend Britain’s skies. For much of 1917, the British would use the Pup to test the Furious’ runway.
