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Kingston aviation
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Sopwith triplane Fighter
The Sopwith Triplane (dubbed the "Triplehound" by her pilots) was a three wing design built upon the successes of the Sopwith Pup series. The aircraft strayed from the normal aircraft design techniques of the time, where monoplanes and biplanes were en vogue, and sought to combine elements of other aircraft types into one viable platform. The result was the devastatingly effective triplane design produced by Sopwith. -
Sopwith camel
It replaced the Sopwith Pup and first flew on December 22nd 1916. By the end of its production, 5,490 had been built. This plane was very hard to control but it had a fantastic manoeuvrability and firepower. Example of it's superior manoeuvrability is that it could turn twice as fast as any ww1 plane. -
Sopwith 7F.1 Snipe
It was designed and built by the Sopwith Aviation Company during the First World War, and came into squadron service a few weeks before the end of that conflict, in late 1918. -
Vicker Vimy heavy bomber
This plane was designed as a night bomber, a large twin-engined biplane bomber design specifically to suit the RAF requirement. -
Hawker hurricane
Hurricanes were responsible for 75% of all air combat victories during the Battle of Britain, and destroyed more German aircraft during 1940 than all other British types combined. -
Battle of Britain summer 1940
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Hawker Siddeley Kestrel was the world’s first jet
This plane was an experiment and development plane, a prototype of the harrier. the plane was first designed in 1957 and then first tested in 1960 -
The Hawker Siddeley/British Aerospace Hawk was the lastall-British aircraft to enter RAF service
Through the 1970s the Hawker Siddeley 1182, later named Hawk, was designed under
Chief Engineer Ralph Hooper’s direction by Chief and Assistant Chief Designers
Gordon Hudson and Gordon Hodson to satisfy an RAF requirement for an
advanced trainer. Ralph Hooper directed that the performance and capabilities
of the aircraft should exceed RAF needs.
