A team of volunteers has completed the construction of a World War I biplane after more than 20 years—and they are now preparing to fly it. The Sopwith 1½ Strutter was built from scratch by the ...

Key takeaway: What is a Sopwith Camel? The Sopwith Camel was a famous fighter aircraft during World War I. It was a single-seat, single-engine biplane. On October 10, 1965, Snoopy, clad in aviator ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Sopwith Aviation Company was founded by Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith in 1912 and the company opened its first factory that year in Kingston upon ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Last month, a replica World War One plane finally took to the skies ...

Since his childhood, Randy Malmstrom has had a passion for aviation history and historic military aircraft in particular. He has a particular penchant for documenting specific airframes with a highly ...

Diminutive and nimble, the Fokker Dr.1 was Germany’s answer to the British Sopwith Triplane during the Great War over the skies of Europe, and was a favored mount of one of history’s most famous aces.

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Single-engine, single-seat, British-built World War I biplane fighter; 230 horsepower Bentley B.R.2 engine; Olive drab ...

In the turbulent skies of the World War I era, innovation and bravery led to the birth of aerial combat, with both the Allies and the Central Powers vying for dominance in an uncharted battlespace.

An unsung genius who designed the two-winged fighter planes that ruled the skies over France in the First World War is to be the subject of a new book. It will reveal the true story of Herbert Smith's ...

The number of genuine First World War vintage military airplanes still known to exist across the globe grows smaller and smaller as each year passes. The number of airworthy examples of these aircraft ...