Experimentelle Sopwith Wasserflugzeug 851 Test ist am 1. November 1914 geflogen. Der erste Typ 860 Flugzeuge, es stürzte kurz nach dem Start vom Nehmen, die Tötung der Beobachter

• Bildanbieter: D Guest Smith
• Bild-ID: HR6J1F
• Dateigröße: 195,9 MB (5,2 MB Komprimierter Download)
• Freigaben (Releases): Model - nein | Eigentum - nein
• Format: 10662 x 6422 px | 90,3 x 54,4 cm | 35,5 x 21,4 inches | 300dpi
• Aufnahmedatum: 1. November 1914
• Ort: Woolston, Southampton, England

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Based on Kinston Aviation's website on company history, the photo is of the Sopwith experimental aircraft 851, which was the first type 860 aircraft and the first with folding wings. This plane used a new Sunbeam 225hp engine. 851 used a four-prop blade whereas following aircraft used a two-prop blade. The plane was test flown on Nov. 1, 1914 out of the Sopwith sheds at Woolston, Southampton with Victor Mahl as pilot and Reginald Alston as observer. Alston was a 21-year-old engineer on the project. After take off the plane nosed down at high speed and crashed into the sound, flipping over. Mahl was able to escape but Alston drowned in the wreckage and was the first Sopwith employee fatality.

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