Sopwith Tabloid
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The Sopwith Tabloid was an early British biplane sports and racing aircraft that became one of the first successful designs of the Sopwith Aviation Company and saw notable use in World War I.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sopwith Tabloid canonical | 2 |
| Sopwith Schneider | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biplane
ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ racing aircraft ⓘ sports aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory |
early 1910s British military aircraft
ⓘ
pioneer-era aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftConfiguration |
single-engine
ⓘ
tractor configuration ⓘ two-bay biplane ⓘ |
| armamentCapability |
light bomb load
ⓘ
small arms for observer (in some military conversions) ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| designedBy | Sopwith design team led by Thomas Sopwith ⓘ |
| designedFor | civilian sports flying ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | single rotary piston engine ⓘ |
| engineModelUsed | Gnome Lambda ⓘ |
| enginePowerRange_hp | 80–100 ⓘ |
| enteredService | 1914 ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1913 ⓘ |
| fuselageConstruction | wooden box-girder ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | helped establish Sopwith as a major British aircraft manufacturer ⓘ |
| laterUsedBy |
Royal Flying Corps
ⓘ
Royal Naval Air Service ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Sopwith Aviation Company ⓘ |
| materialUse |
fabric
ⓘ
wood ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
among first successful Sopwith Aviation Company designs
ⓘ
early British aircraft used operationally in World War I ⓘ |
| notableVariant |
Sopwith Baby
ⓘ
Sopwith Tabloid self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Sopwith Schneider
|
| operatorType |
army aviators
ⓘ
civilian pilots ⓘ naval aviators ⓘ |
| powerplantType | rotary engine ⓘ |
| primaryRole |
racing
ⓘ
sport flying ⓘ |
| propellerType | two-bladed wooden propeller ⓘ |
| secondaryRole |
light bomber
ⓘ
reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ |
| successor | Sopwith Pup ⓘ |
| tailUnit | conventional tailplane and fin ⓘ |
| undercarriageType | fixed tailskid undercarriage ⓘ |
| usedInConflict | World War I ⓘ |
| wingCovering | fabric-covered ⓘ |
| wingType | two-bay unstaggered wings ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sopwith Schneider