May 2, 20215 yr The Sopwith Aviation Company was a British aircraft company that designed and manufactured aeroplanes in the First World War, most famously the Sopwith Camel. Their Sopwith range of biplanes have interesting names (Sociable (sometimes called "Churchill" or "Tweenie"), Baby, Sparrow, Pup, Bee, Camel, Hippo, Rhino, Dragon, Dolphin, Cuckoo, Snail, Grasshopper...among others...). I came across "Dolphin" and "Cuckoo" in the Library uploads toady...I'd "Camel" before. So, please find below, one image each of Dolphin, Cuckoo, and Camel in that order...Enjoy...! Notes: "Dolphin proved to be a formidable fighter...The pilot sat with his head through the frame, where he had an excellent view. This configuration sometimes caused difficulty for novices, who found it difficult to keep the aircraft pointed at the horizon because the nose was not visible from the cockpit...The cockpit was nevertheless warm and comfortable, in part because water pipes ran alongside the cockpit walls to the two side-mounted radiator blocks..."... "Cuckoo (originally T.1) was was the first landplane specifically designed for carrier operations. Because it was designed to operate from carrier decks, its wings were hinged to fold backwards. It could take off from a carrier deck in four seconds, but it was not capable of making a carrier landing. It was, however, capable of carrying a 1,000 lb torpedo..."...Notice the Torpedo underbelly, in the Screenshot, in the Bluegrass Airlines Mail Service...Hmm... "Camel (main variant F.1) became known as one of the best known fighter aircraft of the Great War...Though difficult to handle, it was highly maneuverable in the hands of an experienced pilot, a vital attribute in the relatively low-speed, low-altitude dogfights of the era..."....
May 3, 20215 yr Very nice indeed, I like the third livery as well! HP Omen Obelisk Gaming Computer, Intel Core i7-9700, Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB DDR4 System Memory 4.7GHz 8 cores, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Graphics with 8GB GDDR6 memory, PSU 750 watts, 1TB hard drive, Samsung T7 2TB SSD, 512 GB SSD, WD 5TB HDD, Logitech HOTAS X52 Pro Joystick, AOC 27" monitor,
June 2, 20215 yr Where did you find them? I used to have a lot of fun with Camel in my FS2000 Pro. I wouldn't mind putting in FS-SE.
June 2, 20215 yr Author 8 hours ago, chalter said: Where did you find them? I used to have a lot of fun with Camel in my FS2000 Pro. I wouldn't mind putting in FS-SE. Hi chalter: You are/were not alone with the Camel...🙂... If you search for e.g. "sopwith fsx", in the Flightsim.com Library, you will find many variants of it, but, the Camel variant, seen above, the most well-known, and a favorite of many, I'd originally got from Craig Richardson's Classicwings website, as I read in the README notes, today,...(that website, however, seems in-operative now....so, please look around for it...)
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