| This is a Wikipedia user page. This is not an encyclopedia article or the talk page for an encyclopedia article. If you find this page on any site other than Wikipedia, you are viewing a mirror site. Be aware that the page may be outdated and that the user in whose space this page is located may have no personal affiliation with any site other than Wikipedia. The original page is located at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:TheLongTone/Sopwith-Wright_biplane. |
| Sopwith-Wright biplane | |
|---|---|
| Role | experimental aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Burgess Company |
| Designer | Wright Brothers |
| Number built | 1 |
| Developed from | Wright Model B |
Background edit
In 1911 Thomas Sopwith took his Howard Wright biplane to America to give a series of exhibition flights. He used some of the prize money that he won to buy a Wright Model B biplane built under license by the Burgess Company and powered by a 50 hp (37 kW) Gnome Omega.[1]
Development edit
On returning to England Sopwith had the aircraft rebuilt, adding a fabric-covered nacelle to protect the pilot.
Operational history edit
It was flown by Harry Hawker to win the British Michelin Trophy for flight endurance on 24 October 1912, with a flight lasting 8 hr 23 min. Hawker could have continued for longer, but landed because it was becoming dark. [2]
Specifications (variant specified) edit
Data from Lewis, P. British Aircraft 1809-1914, p.
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 29 ft 6 in (8.99 m)
- Wingspan: 38 ft 9 in (11.81 m)
- Wing area: 475 sq ft (44.1 m2)
- Powerplant: 1 × A.B.C. , 40 hp (30 kW)
- Propellers: 2-bladed Bristol, 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) diameter x2, chain-driven
Notes edit
- ^ Lewis, Peter. British Aircraft 1809-1914. London: Putnam, 1962, p.469
- ^ British Duration RecordsFlight 2 November 1912
References edit
The Sowith-Wright Biplane,Flight, 23 November 1912.
[[Category:]]