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- 1. Sopwith Pup N6453 colour 3-view drawing: NiD.29· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Sopwith Pup is a British single-seater biplane fighter aircraft built by the Sopwith Aviation Company. It entered service with the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps in the autumn of 1916. With pleasant flying characteristics and good manoeuvrability, the aircraft proved very successful.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.1 m wingspan
base stats
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 110 years ago, in 1916.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1916-02-09
- introduced
- 1916
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1,796
- role
- biplane fighter
- makers
- Sopwith Aviation Company
- engines
- 1× Le Rhône 9C / rotary engine
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 1
- length
- 5.9 m
- wingspan
- 8.1 m
- height
- 2.9 m
- max take-off weight
- 556 kg
- top speed
- 180 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 5,334 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q1323937, Wikipedia: Sopwith Pup (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.