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History of Kigston Aviation
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Sopwith Aviation Opens
The company was founded in Kingston upon Thames by Thomas Octave Murdoch when he was only 24 years old.The Sopwith Aviation Company was a British plane company that created and built aircraft mainly for the British Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Flying Corps and later Royal Air Force in the First World War, most famously building the Sopwith Camel. -
Sopwith Bat Boat
The sopwith Bat boat was a single-engined pusher biplane. It was the Bat Boat was the first successful flying boat and amphibious aircraft built -
Sopwith camel fighter
It was mainly used as a single-seat bomber, two seat fighter and artillery spotter and trainer.It was the first aircraft to be equipped with synchronising gears to allow machine guns to fire through rotating propellers.It was easily manoeuverable and armed well and as a result more than 5,000 were produced before the end of the war. -
Sopwith Aviation Closes
Unable to cope with the demand of the government and also make profit the company had to turn to creating motorbikes. However even this wasn't enough for the Aviation to be kept open. -
Hawker Hart
The Hawker Hart was a two-seater biplane light bomber used by the Royal Air Force between the first world war and second war. -
Hawker Hurricane
The Hurricane was usually used as a interceptor-fighters, fighter-bombers and ground support aircraft. Further moderations the Sea Hurricane allowed them to operate from ships.Aroung 14,000 hurricane were built by the end of 1944. -
Hawker Typhoon
The Hawker Typhoon was a British single-seat fighter-bomber,
It was designed to be a medium-high altitude interceptor, as a direct replacement for the Hawker Hurricane,By 1942, the hawker typhoon added bombs to its armourary enabling it to become the second most successfull plane -
Hawker Sea Fury
The Hawker Sea Fury was a British fighter aircraft developed for the Royal Navy by Hawker during the Second World War. It was one of the last ever propeller-driven fighter to serve for the Royal Navy, it was also one of the fastest producted single piston-engined aircraft. -
Hawker Harrier
The Hawker Harrier took off going upwards with it nose rotating increasing the speed.of the plane.It had one machince gun and carried 1,000pounds of bomb. It went at a top speed of 1,175 mph. -
Hawker Sea Hawk
