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Revision as of 18:40, 12 March 2011
| Sopwith Type 807 | |
|---|---|
| Role | Reconnaissance seaplane |
| Manufacturer | Sopwith Aviation Company |
| First flight | 1914 |
| Primary user | Royal Naval Air Service |
| Number built | 12 |
The Sopwith Admiralty Type 807 was a 1910s British biplane seaplane designed and built for the Admiralty by the Sopwith Aviation Company.
Development
In July 1914, Sopwith produced a two-bay tractor biplane powered by a 100 hp (75 kW) Gnome Monosoupape rotary engine to compete in the 1914 Daily Mail Circuit of Britain race for seaplanes.[1] It was fitted with folding wings, using a mechanism licensed from Short Brothers,[2] and made its maiden flight as a landplane on 16 July 1914.[1]
First flown in November 1914 the Type 807 was two-bay unswept biplane with unequal span wings. It had twin strut-mounted floats under the fuselage and a float mounted under the tail. It was powered by a nose-mounted 100hp (75kW) Gnome Monosoupape engine. It had two tandem open cockpits with the observer in the forward cockpit under the upper wing leading edge and the pilot in the rear cockpit under the upper wing trailing edge. It was sometime referred to as the Sopwith Folder due to them being fitted with a Short Brothers designed folding mechanism for the wings.
Operators
Specifications
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
See also
Related lists
References
- Mason, Tim. "Tom Sopwith...And His Aeroplanes 1912–1914". Air Enthusiast (Twenty, December 1982–March 1983): pp. 74–80.
{{cite journal}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - Robertson, Bruce (1970). Sopwith-The Man and His Aircraft. Letchworth, UK: Air Review. ISBN 0 900 435 15 1.
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (P art Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing. p. 2940.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - "The "Round Britain" Machines". Flight (7 August 1914): pp. 838–840.
{{cite journal}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - British Aircraft Directory