Sopwith

/ ˈsɒpwɪθ /

noun

1. SopwithSir Thomas Octave Murdoch18881989MBritishTECHNOLOGY: aircraft designer Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch. 1888–1989, British aircraft designer, who built the Sopwith Camel biplane used during World War I. He was chairman (1935–63) of the Hawker Siddeley Group, which developed the Hurricane fighter

Example Sentences

“We literally thought of and designed and flew the airplanes in a space of about six or eight weeks,” said British aviation pioneer Thomas Sopwith.

From Literature

The Sopwith Camel sputters and smokes, before crashing to the ground near Snoopy’s blue water bowl.

From Salon

“His mission is to find the Red Baron and shoot him down,” narrates Charlie Brown, as Snoopy, donning a red scarf, aviator hat and goggles, clambers into the cockpit of his dog house-turned single-seat Sopwith Camel.

From Salon

They would have, in all likelihood, been able to recognize the reference to a Sopwith Camel, the same way I would be able to visualize what a Stealth Bomber looks like.

From Salon

If all goes to plan, the replica Sopwith Strutter should be in the air at some time next year.

From BBC