Sopwith Pup by goodoleboy
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British you know, captured back on 4/4/09, at the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, California.
The Sopwith Pup was a British single-seater biplane fighter aircraft built by the Sopwith Aviation Company. It entered service with the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service in the autumn of 1916. With pleasant flying characteristics and good maneuvrability, the aircraft proved very successful. The Pup was eventually outclassed by newer German fighters, but it was not completely replaced on the Western Front until the end of 1917. Remaining Pups were relegated to Home Defense and training units. The Pup's docile flying characteristics also made it ideal for use in aircraft carrier deck landing and takeoff experiments.
Source: Wikipedia free encyclopedia.
Sorry, there were none of the more famous Sopwith Camels at the museum.
Comments (6)
Faemike55
Ah! Snoopy would be so heart-broken at that news. Great capture
eekdog
Great vintage planes. Only if they could tell stories.
helanker
Cute little planes. Glad I never had to try flying such. But I tried in the game "Code name"
starship64
It's so cool that some of those planes have survived for more than 100 years.
RodS
Cool photos and information on these planes.
anahata.c
I smiled at Helle's "cute little planes"! They are cute, even though they weren't made for cute purposes. (And if you name a plane "Pup," you gotta handle some "cute" talk.) The top shot is a real mass of visuals, with the plane itself being a real relic; with another plane/vehicle in the left background looking like the skeleton of a flying device. And a tropical backdrop, and a table in front---this has some of that wonderful chaos of your old padlock shots. But the plane is visible loud and clear; and this looks like one of those spaces where, no matter how hard you try to capture the plane "by itself," the space defies you at every turn. You just have to deal with all the other stuff, and make it all work together. You did, and I really like the image.
The 2d shot is more green, and we see the plane from the side, with that sheen-y green nose. That shot has more shadow in it, and feels like a 'night' shot. Fine work on both shots, harry, and I've been enjoying this plane series a great deal.