Name that plane 2 from Ross
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:54 pm
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RE: Name that plane 2 from Ross
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:54 pm
I'm going to guess that this is a Sopwith Bulldog.
RE: Name that plane 2 from Ross
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 3:34 pm
I'll agree with that.
RE: Name that plane 2 from Ross
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:42 am
It is a Sopwith, but not a Bulldog... Bristol made the Bulldog.
RE: Name that plane 2 from Ross
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:50 am
That is a good one. It is too small to be a Bulldog anyway. Body looks closer to a Snipe except the wings are all wrong for that. My guess would have to be one of the ill fated Sopwith Snails but that is digging pretty deep into the history books as I do not believe those was ever produced apart from a few trial models.
RE: Name that plane 2 from Ross
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 4:17 am
ORIGINAL: jchastain
That is a good one. It is too small to be a Bulldog anyway. Body looks closer to a Snipe except the wings are all wrong for that. My guess would have to be one of the ill fated Sopwith Snails but that is digging pretty deep into the history books as I do not believe those was ever produced apart from a few trial models.
Give the man a choc chip cookie.. Yes it is a Sopwith Snail.
RE: Name that plane 2 from Ross
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 1:56 pm
Just to set the record straight, while Ross' picture is indeed a Sopwith Snail, the Sopwith company did make a plane called a Bulldog:
RE: Name that plane 2 from Ross
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:19 pm
I used the same web page & photo.
Rick White
Rick White
RE: Name that plane 2 from Ross
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:27 pm
ORIGINAL: Terminus
Just to set the record straight, while Ross' picture is indeed a Sopwith Snail, the Sopwith company did make a plane called a Bulldog:
Yes they did. Note though that the wings and wing supports are quite different from the experimental Snail - a funny naming convention to be sure in that the Snail actually had an experiemental engine replacement and was hoping to have a speed advantage over the existing WWI models.