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Aviation in Kingston

  • Sopwith company's first plane

    Sopwith company's first plane
    The first plane built by the Sopwith company in Kingston. The Sopwith-Wright plane. It was built before World War One and was not used for warfare
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    Sopwith company in buisness

    Sopwith company was in buisness in Kingston during this this period of time
  • Sopwith Bat Boat

    Sopwith Bat Boat
    The Sopwith Bat boat is created, the first succesful flying boat and aphimbious aircraft built in the UK. Both the German and Greek navy used them, along with the royal navy.
  • Sopwith admiralty type 137 and 138

     Sopwith admiralty type 137 and 138
    These planes were the first Sopwith planes to be built during WW1 for the Royal Air Force. These were floatplanes used for experimental torpedo dropping. The 138 had a bigger and stronger engine, also making it heavier.
  • Sopwith Baby

    Sopwith Baby
    A British seaplane, used by the royal naval air service in 1915
  • Sopwith pup

    Sopwith pup
    The Sopwith Pup was a British single-seater biplane fighter built in 1916 for the war going on at the time. It was used by both the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service. This was a basis for the Sopwith Camel.
  • Sopwith Camel

    Sopwith Camel
    The most famous and used plane built by the Sopwith Company, and also probably the plane that helped the British to win the war. It was highly manoeuvrable but had to control. A better version of the Sopwith Pup
  • Sopwith Grasshopper

    Sopwith Grasshopper
    This was the last plane to be designed by the Sopwith company before it went out of buisness.