Simon Chaddock Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 BEB At the time the Pup was considered to be an almost perfect flying machine. "Tiny little things just big enough for one man and a machine gun." It also had legendary flying qualities which is why it was used in the early ship board trials and thus became a standard fleet fighter. In its S B 3D form it even had folding wings and a stow able U/C as well. You will find the JM Bruce "Flight" article here. It is in PDF format so you need the Adobe reader but it contains a lot of construction detail. There are some good airframe pictures on the internet as well. According to this article in October 1918 there were 98 Pups on strength at Training Units. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Hi Simon, thanks for the pointer to the Flight article. It is different from the other Bruce article I alreadt have - so that's interesting. I am amassing quite a number of sources now. Very much enjoying your build blog on the "mini" pup! BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Davis Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 BEB The Sopwith Pup or Scout certainly was used as a combat aircraft in WW1. Squadrons which used them on operations included Nos: 46, 54, 66 RFC and Nos 3, 4, 8, 9, 13 RNAS, later renumbered 203, 204 etc RAF. As for dirty cockpits bear in mind that mud from the pilots'boots would have marked the cockpits! Happy Landings! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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