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Sopwith Aviation Company Born
The Sopwith Aviation Company was created in June 1912 by Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith, who was only 24 years of age. It was based at Brooklands airfield in Weybridge. -
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Kingston aviation history
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First Sopwith plane (Sopwith Hybrid)
A small Sopwith aviation team create their first plane which is called the Sopwith Hybrid. It is a biplane and was made and tested at Brooklands, Weybridge. -
First Sopwith Factory
Sopwith moved the company to their first factory premises that opened that December in a recently closed roller skating rink in Canbury Park Road near Kingston Railway Station. -
Sopwith Bat-Boat
The Sopwith Aviation company collaborates with the Saunders boatyard on the Isle of Wight to create the Sopwith Bat-Boat, an early amphibious plane. -
The first floatplane (Sopwith Anzani)
First floatplane created by the now renouned Sopwith Aviation company. This plane was assembled in Kingston and then taken somewhere else to be constructed. It looks similiar to the Sopwith 3 seater. This plane were heavily demanded and the Sopwith company were paid extremely well for it. -
Sopwith Tabloid
The first Sopwith fighter, the Tabloid, was produced. With outstanding performance and docile handling the Tabloid land-plane were ordered for the royal flying corps (RFC) and the royal naval air service (RNAS). -
The Sopwith Camel is made
This fighter plane made and huge impact in World War 1. It had two guns at the front which when sychronised with the propellers at the front, killed a lot of enemies. To be exact, it killed 1,294 enemy planes. This was more than any other plane in World War 1. -
Sopwith Aviation company to H.G. Hawker Engineering
After the first world war, the Sopwith aviation company gets bankrupt. This results in the company being renamed to "H.G. Hawker Engineering". This was run by Harry Hawker and other people that worked in the Sopwith aviation company, like Tommy Sopwith. -
Hawker Woodcock
Was the first fighter plane created and designed by the Hawker aviation company. It was later used as an RAF plane. Its initial design was rejected due to the lack of manoeuvrability. This was changed later by decreasing the size of the wings. -
Hawker Duiker
The first Hawker plane designed. However, this plane was unsuccesful. It only had 2 wings, but this two wings were shaped awkwardly which made this plane unusual. It was made of wood and because of the unusual wings, the plane suffered at high speeds. -
Hawker Fury
This was a biplane fighter plane made by the Hawker aviation company. It was a frequently used RAF plane. Was first fighter aircraft to go faster than 200mph in the RAF. 275 Hawker fury's were made. This shows you what a good plane it was. -
Hawker Aviation joins with Amstrong Siddeley
Hawker aviation company joins with the automotive company called Armstrong Siddeley. The name of the company then changes to Hawker Siddeley Aircraft. -
Hawker Hurricane
TIn was in the Battle of Britain that the Hurricane made its mark. The battle is frequently associated with the Spitfire, but the Hurricane played a much bigger role. On August 8th, 1940, the RAF could call on 32 squadrons of Hurricanes and 19 of Spitfires.
The first prototype Hurricane flew on November 6th 1935. It had been based on the design of the Hawker Fury and was 1935 powered by a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine. -
Hawker Sea Fury
Was a fighter aircraft for the Royal nab=vy. It was the last propeller plane to serve the British Royal navy. It was a very popular aircraft. This was why 864 of these planes were made! -
Hawker Hunter
First Flown on 8 July 1955 and put into service in July 1958, the Hawker Hunter broke the speed record. This shoes how planes have developed in speed, capacity and durability
