Фотографии
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A dramatic impression, painted by Joseph Simpson in 1918, of 19 Sqn Dolphins engaging German Pfalz and Albatros scouts.
Самолёты на фотографии: Pfalz D.III - Германия - 1917Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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Регистрационный номер: D3615 This Dolphin, D3615, is believed to have been the second British-made machine to have a 300 h.p. Hispano engine fitted in France. The top cowling completely covers the Vickers guns, and the long exhaust pipes are carried over the radiator blocks. Note the Morane-Saulnier AI monoplane in the background.
Самолёты на фотографии: Morane-Saulnier AI (MS-27/-29) - Франция - 1917Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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Регистрационный номер: N47166 [2] Mike Vines of Photo Link took his air-to-air studies of Cole Palen's Dolphin flying in the vicinity of Old Rhinebeck in September 1990. A week later it crashed into trees, suffering major damage.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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Регистрационный номер: N47166 [2] The American fondness for leaving the fabric covers off spoked wheels detracts from the authentic appearance of Palen's Dolphin, which was finished as E4514, flown by Maj Cecil Montgomery-Moore of 19 Sqn.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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The forward fuselage of a Dolphin II, showing the revised front ring to accommodate the ungeared 300 h.p. engine.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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The forward fuselage with main and gravity tanks, streamline-section undercarriage struts and the split axle in the spreader bar.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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A Dolphin I taxies out for take-off. This one has its single Lewis gun mounted on the port side.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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The Dolphin I's 200 h.p. Hispano-Suiza installation.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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Регистрационный номер: E4698 Sopwith-built E4698 displays the lower thrust line and right-handed propeller of the Dolphin III, with its ungeared 200 h.p. engine. This aircraft eventually went to No 10 TDS at Harling Road, and was at Cranwell in June 1919.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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Регистрационный номер: C3858 [2] Sopwith modified C3858 for night-fighting, increasing dihedral, adding protective half-hoops over the inner interplane struts and fitting a variable-incidence tailplane. This picture was taken at Brooklands on February 19, 1918.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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The first Dolphin displays its ugly lines at Brooklands soon after completion, probably in May 1917.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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As well as having the flank radiators which had been fitted to the modified second prototype, the third Dolphin had the two additional upward-angled Lewis guns, making it a four-gun fighter.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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A pilot of 23 Sqn with his Dolphin, fitted with a carrier for four Cooper bombs beneath the fuselage.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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Регистрационный номер: D3775 This 87 Sqn Dolphin has the wing-mounted Lewis guns attached to the upper surface of its lower wings, inboard of the inner interplane struts but clear of the propeller disc.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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Регистрационный номер: C3785 One of the RNAS's two Dolphins, C3785, at Dover, with eyes and jaws painted on its cowling.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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Sopwith's "Dolphinarium" at Canbury Park Road, Kingston-upon-Thames, with Dolphins of the first production contract, for 500 aircraft, filling the factory. The rudder of Sopwith pusher seaplane No 124 may be seen on the roof divider in the middle distance, and the fuselage of a seaplane, possibly an Admiralty Type 807, is stored with other parts against the end wall.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917Sopwith Folder / Admiralty Type 807 / Type 860 - Великобритания - 1914
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Регистрационный номер: C3797 A pilot in full flying gear must have found entering the Dolphin's cockpit quite an exercise, as he had to climb up over the upper wing and descend through the open centre section. This is C3797.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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Регистрационный номер: C4191 Dolphin C4191 at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, where it was used in experiments regarding rotation of the slipstream.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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Hooper-built Dolphin J9 at Kenley Aircraft Acceptance Park after allocation to 93 Sqn, wearing the unit's white triangle symbol on its fuselage.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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Dolphins of 23 Sqn lined up at Bertangles in March-September 1918.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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The third prototype at Martlesham Heath, after the height of the fuselage rear top-decking had been reduced.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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The first prototype at Martlesham Heath in June 1917, after the ply fuselage top-decking had been extended aft.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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Регистрационный номер: C8043 Built by Darracq, Dolphin III C8043 is seen here as "Y" of 79 Sqn at Bickendorf, near Cologne in Germany, in 1919.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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A French-built Dolphin II, this machine bears the SFA number 007 on its rudder.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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The Vickers guns above the cylinder blocks, with the radiator header tank immediately in front and just below them.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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An engineless Dolphin with all the cowling panels in place.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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Another view of the first batch of Dolphins under construction at Canbury Park Road, taken at the same time as the previous picture, but from the opposite end of the factory.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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The forward fuselage, including the instrument panel, magazines, control column, rudder bar and radiator shutters.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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The tailplane variable-incidence screwjack incorporated in the sternpost structure of a Dolphin II.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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The second Dolphin prototype at Brooklands in its initial form, with a redesigned nose, small triangular radiators in its upper wing roots and cut-outs in the lower wing roots.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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The fourth prototype was essentially similar to production Dolphins, apart from its ash undercarriage vees and 1in greater backstagger.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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Регистрационный номер: D3584 Dolphin D3584 "V" of 79 Sqn at Bickendorf in November 1918, with a camera-gun on the wing mounting frame, aligned with the Vickers guns, and white camshaft fairings and wheel centres.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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Регистрационный номер: C3858 [2] Sopwith's Dolphin nightfighter conversion, C3858, with 141 Home Defence Sqn at Biggin Hill.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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Регистрационный номер: E4764, F7076, F7085 Eight Dolphins of 81 (Canadian) Sqn (later No 1 Sqn, Canadian Air Force) at Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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Регистрационный номер: D3747 The Lott jettisonable fuel tank after release from Dolphin D3747.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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Регистрационный номер: C3803 Home Defence Dolphin nightfighter C3803 at Sedgeford, with underwing Holt flare brackets, wingtip navigation lights and the whites of its roundels overpainted.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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Регистрационный номер: C4159, C4161 The pilots of 87 Sqn prepare to take off from Hounslow. The nearest aircraft, "Q", could be C4159; second in line is C4161/"P".
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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The twin Lewis guns on the wing attachment frame. The magazines for the Vickers guns are also shown.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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Регистрационный номер: C3778 [2] The Martlesham-developed crash pylon ("cabane"), probably seen here on C3778, was not popular, and neither did pilots like it as an alternative location for the Lewis gun.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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A factory shot of a Dolphin cockpit, minus the twin Vickers guns. The central instrument is an Air Compass Type 5/17.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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Another Dolphin cockpit, this time showing how far the gun butts intruded. An unusual contoured windscreen is fitted here, rather than the more usual "Avro type".
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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Регистрационный номер: C3778 [2] A close-up of the cabane and its Lewis gun.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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The cockpit of the second Dolphin at Martlesham Heath, showing the small windscreen fitted round an Aldis sight.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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An instrument panel diagram from the Dolphin parts schedule. Top row, left to right: oil pressure, compass and cross-level, engine temperature; middle, clock; bottom, left to right: airspeed, magneto switches, maker's plate, main tank gauge, gravity tank gauge.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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The two fuselage-flank radiators, exhaust pipes, and the radiator header tank.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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A threequarter-rear view of the forward fuselage, showing the supports for the engine bearers and the inter-bay bracing.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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Регистрационный номер: C3988 [2] Another view of the RAF Museum Dolphin under construction at Wyton. The original tailplane and elevator came from the Shuttleworth Trust, and a 6ft length of rear fuselage from C3988 turned up in a sale. This will be the new machine's identity.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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Регистрационный номер: C3988 [2] The fuselage of the RAF Museum's Dolphin takes shape at RAF Wyton in November 2000. Original components from several sources are being incorporated in this reconstruction.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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Incorporated in the undernose fairing, the oil tank fits snugly beneath the ply panel under the front of the engine, with its filler tube protruding through the panel.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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The restored gravity tank, which will be mounted in the fuselage top-decking, behind the pilot's shoulder blades.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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Регистрационный номер: C3870 Dolphin C3870 of 87 Sqn after a landing mishap, showing how the type usually ended up with its tail in the air, allowing sufficient space for the pilot to wriggle clear.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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This manufacturer's inboard profile graphically portrays the manner in which the greatest masses were concentrated in the smallest possible space, with the pilot, engine, tanks and armament tightly packed into the forward fuselage.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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Diagrams from the parts schedule, showing wing structure and fittings, the tail surfaces and undercarriage detail.
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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Sopwith 5F.1 Dolphin I
Самолёты на фотографии: Sopwith Dolphin / 5F.1 - Великобритания - 1917
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