Sopwith Pup

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The Sopwith Pup was a British single-seat biplane fighter aircraft of World War I, renowned for its excellent maneuverability and service with both the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of a sopwith Pup (The Sopwith Pup was a British single-seat biplane fighter aircraft of World War I, renowned for its excellent maneuverability and service with both the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps.)

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Label Occurrences
Sopwith Pup canonical 18

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biplane ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
single-seat aircraft ⓘ
aircraftCategory carrier-capable aircraft ⓘ
armament 1 × forward-firing synchronized Vickers machine gun ⓘ
configuration tractor biplane ⓘ
conflictRole Allied fighter in World War I ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
emptyWeight_kg 357 ⓘ
enteredService 1916 ⓘ
era 1910s ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1916-02-27 ⓘ
fuselageMaterial wood ⓘ
grossWeight_kg 557 ⓘ
height_m 2.62 ⓘ
introduced 1916 ⓘ
length_m 5.88 ⓘ
manufacturer Sopwith Aviation Company ⓘ
maxSpeed_kmh 175 ⓘ
notableCharacteristic docile handling ⓘ
excellent maneuverability ⓘ
notableUse early aircraft carrier landing experiments ⓘ
operator French Aéronautique Militaire ⓘ
linked to: French Air Force

Imperial Russian Air Service ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Flying Corps ⓘ
Royal Naval Air Service ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
powerplant rotary engine ⓘ
primaryRole fighter ⓘ
range_km 480 ⓘ
retired early 1920s ⓘ
serviceBranch Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Flying Corps ⓘ
Royal Naval Air Service ⓘ
serviceCeiling_m 5200 ⓘ
successor Sopwith Camel ⓘ
typicalEnginePower_hp 80 ⓘ
typicalEngineType Le Rhône 9C ⓘ
linked to: Le Rhône 9J
usedFor carrier trials ⓘ
fighter training ⓘ
home defence ⓘ
usedInConflict World War I ⓘ
wingConfiguration two-bay biplane ⓘ
wingspan_m 8.08 ⓘ

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Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sopwith Camel → predecessor → Sopwith Pup ⓘ
Thomas Sopwith → notableWork → Sopwith Pup ⓘ
Clerget 9B → usedInAircraft → Sopwith Pup ⓘ
Herbert Smith → designed → Sopwith Pup ⓘ
Herbert Smith → notableWork → Sopwith Pup ⓘ
Sopwith Aviation Company → notableProduct → Sopwith Pup ⓘ
subject linked to: Sopwith
Sopwith → associatedWith → Sopwith Pup ⓘ
Sopwith Tabloid → successor → Sopwith Pup ⓘ
No. 4 Squadron RNAS → aircraftUsed → Sopwith Pup ⓘ
Clerget 9B → usedOnAircraft → Sopwith Pup ⓘ
subject linked to: Clerget 9B rotary engine