Sopwith

British  

/ ˈsɒpwɪθ /

noun

1. Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch. 1888–1989, British aircraft designer, who built the Sopwith Camel biplane used during World War I. He was chairman (1935–63) of the Hawker Siddeley Group, which developed the Hurricane fighter

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Example Sentences

“We literally thought of and designed and flew the airplanes in a space of about six or eight weeks,” said British aviation pioneer Thomas Sopwith.

From Literature

“His mission is to find the Red Baron and shoot him down,” narrates Charlie Brown, as Snoopy, donning a red scarf, aviator hat and goggles, clambers into the cockpit of his dog house-turned single-seat Sopwith Camel.

From Salon

They would have, in all likelihood, been able to recognize the reference to a Sopwith Camel, the same way I would be able to visualize what a Stealth Bomber looks like.

From Salon

The Sopwith Camel sputters and smokes, before crashing to the ground near Snoopy’s blue water bowl.

From Salon

The Sopwith 1½ Strutter was the first British two-seater fighter plane to have a machine-gun synchronised with its propeller.

From BBC