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  • The best known photograph of a Snipe in flight. Believed to have been taken over Constantinople (Istanbul) this 56 (some say 25) Squadron aircraft is equipped with bomb racks during operations in the Chanak Incident, for which the squadron was detached from Egypt in September 1922. The Snipe is probably F2485.
    Introduced into service during the closing stages of World War I, the Sopwith Snipe remained as the RAF's first major post-war fighter, serving with a total of 20 squadrons.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Snipe / 7F.1 - Великобритания - 1918

  • The Snipe began life more brown than silver. This is the first prototype, with narrow centre-section, single-bay wings and a 150 h.p. Bentley B.R.I nine-cylinder rotary engine. It made its first flight in the autumn of 1917.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Snipe / 7F.1 - Великобритания - 1918

  • Another view of the third prototype Snipe at Martlesham. The revised centre section is apparent - compare this picture with the front view of the first prototype.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Snipe / 7F.1 - Великобритания - 1918

  • A freshly-painted but unmarked Snipe, possibly B9966, fitted with inversely-tapered and balanced upper ailerons.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Snipe / 7F.1 - Великобритания - 1918

  • Third Snipe prototype B9965 with two-bay wings, fitted in January 1918 following a crash at Martlesham on December 23 the previous year. Spanning 30ft compared with the original 25ft 9in, the new wings gave the Snipe improved aileron control and better performance overall.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Snipe / 7F.1 - Великобритания - 1918

  • The second Snipe prototype, fitted with a 230 h.p. Bentley B.R.2 engine. Like the first Snipe, it had a slab-sided fuselage and a fin and rudder very similar to those of the Sopwith Camel. Originally built as a private venture, it was eventually serialled B9963.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Snipe / 7F.1 - Великобритания - 1918

  • An early production-standard Snipe with enlarged centre-section cutout and cutaway lower cowling, but retaining unbalanced ailerons and original production fin and rudder.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Snipe / 7F.1 - Великобритания - 1918

  • The third Snipe prototype, B9965, at Martlesham Heath. The aircraft retained single-bay wings, although the centre-section was widened (note the splayed cabane struts) and had a smaller cutout than that of the earlier prototypes. The fuselage sides of B9965 were fully faired instead of flat, and a redesigned but still undersized fin and rudder were fitted. The device attached to the port interplane struts, and also visible on pictures of other Snipes on these pages, is an additional pitot tube for testing purposes. An airspeed indicator, located in the bulge, could be read from the cockpit.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Snipe / 7F.1 - Великобритания - 1918

  • The "office" of a Sopwith 7F.I Snipe. In the centre is the compass, flanked by the padded butts of the twin 0.33in synchronised Vickers guns. On the left is the altimeter, and the rev. counter is on the right. Beneath the compass is the control column with twin triggers and engine "blip" switch, and behind the column is the bank indicator, or "lateral clinometer". The magneto switches are at bottom left.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Snipe / 7F.1 - Великобритания - 1918

  • Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Snipe / 7F.1 - Великобритания - 1918

  • Two illustrations from the RAF manual on the Snipe: left, the forward fuselage; right, the rear fuselage showing the tailskid and tailplane incidence-adjusting gear.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Snipe / 7F.1 - Великобритания - 1918

  • Another illustration from the RAF manual for the Snipe, showing the bare fuselage frame.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Snipe / 7F.1 - Великобритания - 1918

  • Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Snipe / 7F.1 - Великобритания - 1918

  • Re-engined with the 320 h.p. ABC Dragonfly nine-cylinder radial engine, the Snipe was to have been developed into the Dragon. But the engine proved disastrous and, although a few Dragons were built, the type never entered RAF squadron service.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dragon - Великобритания - 1918