Sopwith Dolphin

The Sopwith 5F.1 Dolphin was a British fighter aircraft manufactured by the Sopwith Aviation Company. It was used by the Royal Flying Corps and its successor the Royal Air Force during the First World War. The Dolphin entered service on the Western Front in early 1918 and proved to be a formidable fighter. The aircraft was not retained in the postwar inventory however and was retired shortly after the war.

squadron requriements for air superiority, the Sopwith Dolphin was slow in coming and hardly fulfilled its roll as a combat aircraft.1
Designed in 1917, the Sopwith Dolphin started its career in January 1918 with RFC Squadron No. 19 in France. Only three other squadrons were equipped with the Dolphin before the Armistice.2
The Camel was followed by the Sopwith Dolphin of 1917, another highly manoeuvrable fighter, and finally by the Sopwith Snipe.3
Commons: Sopwith Dolphin – Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien Von „http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.4
The Sopwith Dolphin fighter entered RFC service in 1918.5
requriements for air superiority, the Sopwith Dolphin was slow in coming and hardly fulfilled its roll as a combat aircraft.6
Sopwith Dolphin in 1/48 http://www.hyperscale.com/2010/reviews/decals/pheon48009reviewjf_1.htm Thanks to Pheon Models for the review samples. - available from pheon.models@hotmail.co.7

Made by Sopwith Aviation Company.

The photograph below shows Lt G W G Cass on a Sopwith Dolphin of 79 Squadron; this photograph, and the one above, are reproduced here with the kind permission of the Department of Research and Information 8
However, the Sopwith Dolphin is an interesting aircraft.9
Sopwith Dolphin C3988 by shuttleworthpix, on Flickr Sopwith Dolphin C3988 by shuttleworthpix, on Flickr Sopwith Dolphin C3988 by shuttleworthpix, on 10
Sopwith Dolphin, right: Sopwith Scout) On the 1st April 1918 the RFC changed their name to th...11
down the Sopwith Dolphin of Irish ace Joseph Callaghan.12
The Sopwith Dolphin was a break with the traditional Sopwith style of design in many ways. The Dolphin used the powerful inline engine, the Hispano-Suiza.13
- GRAPHICS: Sopwith Dolphin’s sideslip indicator animation fixed. - NETWORK: Pilots with empty machineguns can no longer shoot. - GUI: Corrections made to German version.14
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Royal Air Force
Height Main
2.59 m
Height Alt
259.08
Length Alt
678.1800000000001
Max Takeoff Weight Main
890.0
Jet Or Prop
prop
Lists
*List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force
Range Main
315.0
Designer
Herbert Smith
Introduced
February 1918
Loading Main
37
Power/mass Main
Power/mass Alt
367.19999999999993
Max Speed Main
211.0
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
1959.0
Ceiling Main
6
100 m
Number Built
2072
Crew
1
Max Speed More
at sea level
Armament
* 2× 0.303 in Vickers machine guns; up to 2× 0.303 in Lewis guns* Up to four 25 lb bombs.
Area Main
24.4 m²
Primary user
Royal Flying Corps
Span Alt
990.6
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Power Alt
200 hp
Engine(prop)
Hispano-Suiza 8B
Manufacturer
Sopwith Aviation Company
First Flight
23
Climb Rate Main
182885.0
Power Main
149.0
Number Of Props
1
Climb Rate Alt
10000.0
Length Main
6.78 m
Span Main
9.91 m
Area Alt
263.0
Range Alt
195 mi
Max Speed Alt
131 mph
Empty Weight Main
641.0
Ceiling Alt
20000.0
Category
British fighter aircraft 1910-1919
Military aircraft of World War I
Sopwith aircraft
Empty Weight Alt
1410.0
Loading Alt
7

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