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The Sopwith Camel is a British single-seat biplane and one of the most famous aircraft of the First World War. First introduced in 1917, it was influential in both restoring British air power to a competitive level, as well as eventually establishing air superiority over the Central Powers. The base variant of the Camel was equipped with twin Vickers machine guns.

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  • Sopwith Camel
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  • The Sopwith Camel is a British single-seat biplane and one of the most famous aircraft of the First World War. First introduced in 1917, it was influential in both restoring British air power to a competitive level, as well as eventually establishing air superiority over the Central Powers. The base variant of the Camel was equipped with twin Vickers machine guns.
  • The Sopwith Camel was a British First World War single-seat biplane fighter introduced on the Western Front in 1917. Manufactured by Sopwith Aviation Company, it had a short-coupled fuselage, heavy, powerful rotary engine, and concentrated fire from twin synchronized machine guns. Though difficult to handle, to an experienced pilot it provided unmatched manoeuvrability. A superlative fighter, the Camel was credited with shooting down 1,294 enemy aircraft, more than any other Allied fighter of the war. It also served as a ground-attack aircraft, especially near the end of the conflict, when it was outclassed in the air-to-air role by newer fighters.
  • Sopwith Camel was a rock music band associated with the San Francisco psychedelic rock scene of the late 1960s.
  • The Sopwith Camel was a Royal Air Force fighter model used by British in Europe during the final months of the Great War. Its overall design made it an improvement over the Pup, but it never made it to Canadian front.
  • Snoopy, as his most famous and popular alter ego, the World War I Flying Ace, sits on top of his doghouse, and pretends it is a Sopwith Camel, and imagines his battles with the Red Baron. Sometimes, Snoopy has used the plane to fly places, and not for war, for instance, in a series of strips from July and August 1980, he tries to fly Schroeder to music camp. In a series of strips from June and July 1975, Snoopy rents out his Sopwith Camel to Peppermint Patty and Marcie, so that they can compete in the Powder Puff Derby.
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loaded weight main
  • 1455.0
Guns
  • 2(xsd:integer)
climb rate main
  • 1085.0
number of props
  • 1(xsd:integer)
length alt
  • 5.71 m
span main
  • 853.44
Speed
  • High
power/mass alt
  • 150(xsd:integer)
Armor
  • None
more performance
  • *Lift-to-drag ratio: 7.7
height alt
  • 2.59 m
Name
  • Sopwith Camel Fighter
primary user
  • RFC
Type
  • Biplane fighter
type of prop
  • 9(xsd:integer)
loading main
  • 6(xsd:double)
range alt
  • 485.0
length main
  • 571.5
power alt
  • 97.0
area main
  • 231.0
power main
  • 130.0
stall speed alt
  • 77.0
height main
  • 259.08
span alt
  • 8.53 m
range main
  • 300(xsd:integer)
Manufacturer
max speed main
  • 115.0
engine (prop)
  • Clerget 9B
power/mass main
  • 0(xsd:double)
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