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Sopwith Triplane
The Sopwith Triplane was a British made fighter during WW1. It was nicknamed the "Tripehound" or "Tripe" by it's pilots. It was introduced in late 1916, and was immediatly successful. It was withdrawn from service in the later half of 1917 however. Those that still existed were used as trainers until the end of the war.
Length: 18 FT 10 In
Wingspan: 26 FT 6 In
Maximum Speed: 117 MPH -
Sopwith Camel
The Sopwith Camel was the most famous British fighter aeroplane of WW1. The camel, called 'camel' because of the hump - shaped protective cover over the machine guns, shot down more enemy aircraft than any other Allied fighter plane during WW1 Weapons: Two Vickers .303-cal. machine guns
Engine: Clerget rotary of 130 hp
Maximum speed: 112 mph
Range: 300 miles
Wing Span: 28 ft.
Length: 18 ft. 9 in.
Weight: 1,482 lbs. maximum -
Sopwith Dragon
The first Dragon was the Snipe prototype flown with a320 hp 239 kW A.B.C. Dragonfly I engine in early 1918. The aircraft's speed of 150 mph (241 km/h) led to a production order for aircraft with the 360 hp (286 kW) Dragonfly IA engine.
Length: 21 FT 9 In
Wingspan: 31 FT 1 In
Maximum Speed: 150 MPH
Service Ceiling: 25,000 FT -
Sopwith Dolphin
The plane was designed by British Sopwith Aviation Co. Taking into account the flaws of Sopwith Camel: bad forward and up visibility, difficulties of handling the plane with rotary engine the engineers were given a task to built a fighter with inline engine. Design featured compact lay-out of pilot seating, fuel tanks, machineguns and engine.
Engine: V8 Hispano-Suiza 8Ba
Power (h.p.): 200
Height (mm): 2600
Length (mm): 6700
Wing span (mm): 10000
Fuel capacity (l): 123 -
Sopwith Snipe
The Sopwith Snipe was a British Aircraft used by the Royal Air Force. It was introduced in 1918, mere weeks before World War 1 ended. 2097 were produced for service. The last examples were retired in 1926.
Length: 19 FT 10 In
Wingspan: 31 FT 1 In
Maximum Speed: 121 MPH -
Hawker Hurricane
The Hawker Hurricane was one of the most common British aircraft early in World War II, and one of the most effective throughout the war. It was made famous by its role in the Battle of Britain where it primarily fought German bombers.The Hurricane was produced between 1937 and 1944 and 14,533 were built.
Length: 9.83 m
Wingspan: 12 m
Top speed: 547 km/h
Engine type: Rolls-Royce Merlin
Designer: Sydney Camm -
Hawker Typhoon
The Hawker Typhoon was a British single-seat fighter-bomber, produced by Hawker Aircraft. It was designed to be a medium–high altitude interceptor, as a replacement for the Hawker Hurricane but some design problems were encountered and it never completely fulfilled this requirement.
Wingspan: 13 m
Length: 9.74 m
Top speed: 652 km/h
Engine type: Napier Sabre -
Hawker Hunter
This was the first single seater RAF aircraft - the Hawker Hunter. This fighter jet broke the world speed record in 1953 setting it to 727.63mph. They were often nicknamed the "black arrows" and were first choice in airshows and displays due to their incredible manouverability which allowed them to perform unreal stunts.
Length: 45' 11"
Wingspan: 33' 11"
Height: 13' 2"
Wing area: 349 ft²
Engine: 1 × Rolls-Royce Avon 20 -
Hawker Siddeley Harrier
It is known as a jump jet because it can vertically take off and land. This is the thing that makes the Harrier so special. It is also supersonic. It was the first operational close-support fighter aircraft with vertical/short takeoff and landing capabilities.
Top speed: 1,175 km/h
Length: 14 m
Weight: 5,530Kg
Engine: 1 x Rolls-Royce Pegasus
Weaponry: 2 x 30mm ADEN cannons in underfuselage pods.
