Aircraft Fetishism II - The Sopwith Camel

in #aircraft9 years ago


The Sopwith Camel, featured in so many of Snoopy's dreams in Peanuts, flying for real.


Documentary on Thomas Sopwith

On his hundredth birthday, a Sopwith Camel did a flyover of his house, along with many other aircraft he designed. He died the following year.


Report of the flyover, there was video shown at the time but I cannot find a copyhttp://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/01/18/Snoopys-plane-airborne-again/1748569480400/


Examination of the Gnome rotary engine used in the Sopwith Camel


Photo and article on a captured Sopwith Camelhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/bazylek/8035247089


Obituary of Thomas Sopwithhttp://articles.philly.com/1989-01-28/news/26121458_1_fighter-planes-hawker-hurricane-wars


Interior and exterior photos of a replicahttp://www.canadianflight.org/content/sopwith-camel-replica


The wing of a replica, and

the description of the rebuild project.http://www.rotecengines.com/Projects/PeterBond/95Wing.html http://www.rotecengines.com/Projects/PeterBond.html


Another replica project, this one reached flying stagehttp://www.rotecengines.com/Projects/PetrSvoboda.html