Sopwith Triplane

E20262

The Sopwith Triplane was a British World War I single-seat fighter aircraft renowned for its exceptional climb rate and maneuverability, which influenced later triplane designs.

AI illustration

How this image was made

AI-generated illustration of Sopwith Triplane

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 Triplane (The Sopwith Triplane was a British World War I single-seat fighter aircraft renowned for its exceptional climb rate and maneuverability, which influenced later triplane designs.)

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sopwith Triplane canonical 13
Sopwith Triplane N500 prototype 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British military aircraft ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ
single-seat aircraft ⓘ
triplane ⓘ
aircraftCategory military aircraft ⓘ
armament 1 × 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers machine gun ⓘ
Vickers machine gun ⓘ
construction fabric-covered ⓘ
wooden airframe ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designedBy Herbert Smith ⓘ
emptyWeight 499 kg ⓘ
engineType rotary engine ⓘ
era World War I era ⓘ
linked to: World War I
firstFlightDate 1916-05-28 ⓘ
firstPrototypeDesignation N500 ⓘ
N504 ⓘ
grossWeight 756 kg ⓘ
height 3.20 m ⓘ
influenced Fokker Dr.I ⓘ
introducedInYear 1916 ⓘ
length 5.73 m ⓘ
manufacturer Sopwith Aviation Company ⓘ
maximumSpeed 116 mph ⓘ
187 km/h ⓘ
notableFeature exceptional climb rate ⓘ
high maneuverability ⓘ
numberOfWings 3 ⓘ
operator Aéronautique Militaire ⓘ
Royal Flying Corps ⓘ
Royal Naval Air Service ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
powerOutput 130 hp ⓘ
primaryUser Aéronautique Militaire ⓘ
Royal Flying Corps ⓘ
Royal Naval Air Service ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
productionQuantity about 147 ⓘ
range 482 km ⓘ
rateOfClimb 7.6 m/s ⓘ
retiredInYear 1920 ⓘ
role fighter ⓘ
serviceCeiling 6096 m ⓘ
typicalEngineModel Clerget 9B ⓘ
usedInConflict World War I ⓘ
wingArea 26.0 m² ⓘ
wingConfiguration triplane ⓘ
wingspan 8.07 m ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

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

Royal Naval Air Service → notableAircraft → Sopwith Triplane ⓘ
Thomas Sopwith → notableWork → Sopwith Triplane ⓘ
Sopwith Aviation Company → notableProduct → Sopwith Triplane ⓘ
Sopwith Aviation Company → hasNotableAircraft → Sopwith Triplane N500 prototype ⓘ
linked to: Sopwith Triplane
Raymond Collishaw → aircraftFlown → Sopwith Triplane ⓘ
Fokker Dr.I → inspiredBy → Sopwith Triplane ⓘ
Herbert Smith → designed → Sopwith Triplane ⓘ
Herbert Smith → notableWork → Sopwith Triplane ⓘ
Sopwith Aviation Company → notableProduct → Sopwith Triplane ⓘ
subject linked to: Sopwith
Sopwith → associatedWith → Sopwith Triplane ⓘ
Black Flight → aircraftUsed → Sopwith Triplane ⓘ
No. 204 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Sopwith Triplane ⓘ
No. 4 Squadron RNAS → aircraftUsed → Sopwith Triplane ⓘ
Clerget 9B → usedOnAircraft → Sopwith Triplane ⓘ
subject linked to: Clerget 9B rotary engine