[WWI] [Fwd: Sopwith Pup Photos]

[Allan Wright]

Forwarded to the list from Nick Harris, who I believe was responding to
a list member's inquiry.

Reply to Nick off list as he's not a member.

Thanks,
Allan

P.S. Happy New Year!

-------- Forwarded Message --------
From: Nick Harris <nickh2203 at sky.com>
To: aew at wwi-models.org
Subject: Sopwith Pup Photos
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 02:16:05 +0000

Allan,
 
I came across the following site :
 
http://www.wwi-models.org/Photos/Collections/TedWolf/
 
 . . and was searching for some pictures of Sopwith Pups. 
 
There are a couple of pictures there, about which you may want to pass
the following information, to Ted.
 
Picture 1-C-07-1 : This is picture of a flightline of aircraft, but the
one in the foreground is an early Camel. The one behind it is definitely
a Pup, as I think is the next. Beyond that I cannot be sure.
 
Picture 1-C-07-3 : This is a picture of a Sopwith Dove. The rear seat is
set further back than a single seat and the decking/cowling has been
altered to accept another seat. The fuel tank was moved to the floor
under a seat (not sure which one . . the front I think) and a wind
driven fuel pump was added. This was Sopwiths' attempt to market a
civilianised military aircraft after the armistice, which was not
successful.
 
My interest is specifically Pups, as I am helping to restore an original
1917 Standard Motors built example (B1807 now G-EAVX) to airworthy
condition.
 
I hope this is of use.
 
Regards,
 
Nick Carey-Harris
 
P.S. Pictures of our Pup can be found at:
http://s571.photobucket.com/home/Nickh2203