The Sopwith 5F.1 Dolphin was a British fighter aircraft manufactured by the Sopwith Aviation Company. It was used by the Royal Flying Corps and its successor...
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Sopwith Dolphin Sopwith Salamander Sopwith Cuckoo Sopwith Bulldog Sopwith Buffalo Sopwith Rhino Sopwith Scooter Sopwith Swallow Sopwith Snail Sopwith...
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supplemented S.VIIs in the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), pending the arrival of Sopwith Dolphins. It proved popular with its pilots and numerous aces from various nations...
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Nintendo GameCube Sopwith Dolphin, a British First World War fighter plane HMS Dolphin, several ships of the Royal Navy USS Dolphin, several ships of...
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The Sopwith 7F.1 Snipe is a British single-seat biplane fighter of the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was designed and built by the Sopwith Aviation Company...
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consultant capacity on the development of this aeroplane. The later Sopwith Dolphin, already armed with twin synchronized Vickers guns just forward of...
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the Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2, the SPAD VII and SPAD XIII, the Sopwith Dolphin during the First World War. In the Second World War it started out...
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V8 aero engine for use in such scouts as the SPAD S.VII, S.E.5a and Sopwith Dolphin. However, Brasier engines were of such poor quality that the RFC's...
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reproductions of the Fokker Dr.I, Fokker D.VII, Fokker D.VIII, Sopwith Camel, and Sopwith Dolphin World War I aircraft. Alpine Fighter Collection of New Zealand...
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versions and the Wolseley Viper derivative on later models) Sopwith Dolphin (8B) Sopwith B.1 prototypes (8Ba) SPAD S.VII (8A) SPAD S.XI (8Be) SPAD S.XII...
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ground attack aircraft), but instead the all-but forgotten high flying Sopwith Dolphin. This tellingly reveals that excellent pilots such as Yeates and his...
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V-8 engine. An accurate Sopwith Dolphin reproduction was built by Palen, the first known airworthy reproduction of the Dolphin ever known to have been...
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credited aerial victories he was the highest scoring pilot flying the Sopwith Dolphin, and the second highest scoring American, only surpassed by Eddie Rickenbacker...
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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...
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British service, with the Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5s and Sopwith Dolphin. That Dolphin entered service near the end of World War I, and was delivered...
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aerial victories. He was the third ranking of the 27 aces who flew the Sopwith Dolphin, and the highest scoring ace in his squadron. Vigers was born in Isleworth...
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French SPAD VII and SPAD XIII World War I fighters, and the British Sopwith Dolphin and S.E. 5a, whilst in the field of ordnance he created the Hispano-Suiza...
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Group (AVG) Flying Tigers, first appeared in World War I on a British Sopwith Dolphin and a German Roland C.II, though often with an effect more comical...
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powerful and heavier armed Spad S.XIII. The squadron converted to Sopwith Dolphins in April 1918 until it disbanded just after the war on 31 December...
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or to improve visibility. Examples of negative stagger include the Sopwith Dolphin, Breguet 14 and Beechcraft Staggerwing. However, positive (forward)...
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where the upper wing is positioned behind the lower wing, as in the Sopwith Dolphin or Beech Model 17 Staggerwing. An aircraft with the wings positioned...
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before progressing onto the more powerful Bristol Scout, Sopwith Pup, SPAD S.VII, Sopwith Dolphin and the SE5a. During his training in England Bannerman...
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Factory F.E.9 Royal Aircraft Factory N.E.1 Short Tractor Biplane Sopwith Sparrow Sopwith Triplane SPAD S.XII Vickers F.B.7/7A Vickers F.B.27 Vimy Vickers...
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used superior French-built models. The SPAD VII was replaced by the Sopwith Dolphin in 19 Squadron in January 1918 – with No. 23 Squadron in April (becoming...
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Nighthawk Siddeley Siskin Sopwith Dragon Sopwith Snapper a A similar installation of two Lewis guns on the lower wings of Sopwith Dolphin fighters was tested...
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A Sopwith Dolphin under restoration in 2003 with the Miles Mohawk behind...
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shortage of Hispano-Suizas for other types, such as the S.E.5a and the Sopwith Dolphin. The 300 hp (220 kW) version of the Hispano-Suiza, suggested for the...
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1918 Prototype 2 Sopwith Camel UK 1916 Retired 5,490 Sopwith Dolphin UK 1917 Retired 2,072 Sopwith Dragon UK 1918 Prototype 200 ca. Sopwith Gunbus UK 1914...
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73 27 March 1918 1635 2/Lt. George Halliwell Harding USA † 79 Sqn. Sopwith Dolphin (C4016) JG I Fokker DR.I (477/17) 1 km N of Chuignolles, S of Bray-sur-Somme...
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credited with five aerial victories. John McNeaney was the only Canadian Sopwith Dolphin Ace. John McNeaney was born on 30 May 1897, the son of John and Mary...
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