Sopwith Pup (replica) (N6452)
Built by EMK Aircraft (Skysport Engineering)
12/04/1983 - first flight at Old Warden as G-BIAU
07/1983 - noted at Cranfield Airshow
01/08/1983 - by now at the Whitehall Theatre of War
10/06/1985 - arrived at FAAM after being bought at auction
13/09/1989 - Certificate of Airworthiness expired
TECHNICAL DETAILS (For original aircraft)
Role - Single seat fighting scout
Manufacturers - Sopwith Aviation Company Ltd and Beardmore & Co Ltd
Power Plant - One 80hp Le Rhone
Wingspan - 26ft 6ins
Length - 19ft 3.75ins
Height - 9ft 5ins
Weight - 1,225lbs loaded
Max Speed - 111.5mph at sea level
Duration - 3hrs endurance
Armament - One fixed synchronised Lewis machine gun forward on Western Front aircraft, one Lewis gun firing up through the centre or eight Le Prieur rockets mounted on the interplane struts on shipborne aircraft