Sopwith Dolphin

what is it?

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.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.9 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 194 km/htop speed
• size 903 kgmax take-off weight
• built 1,778made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 109 years ago, in 1917.
• 🚗Wingspan of 9.9 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1917-05-23

introduced

1918

number built

1,778

role

fighter

makers

Sopwith Aviation Company

engines

1× Hispano-Suiza 8B

crew

1

length

6.8 m

wingspan

9.9 m

height

2.6 m

max take-off weight

903 kg

top speed

194 km/h

range

—

ceiling

6,401 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.