David K. Stone: Thomas Sopwith

Artist: David K. Stone
1922 - 2001
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1979
Image Size: 21 by 18 inches
Overall Size: 25.625 by 22.625 inches
Medium: Oil on Masonite

Thomas Sopwith entered Great Britain's untried aviation industry in 1910 as a twenty-year-old engineer. A year later he displayed his remarkable skill as a pilot, touring the United States in a biplane and giving flying exhibitions. When he returned to England, Sopwith became premier aviator of the British realm and established England's first major flight school. When World War I began, he teamed up with the well-known Australian pilot, Harry Walker, and the two men began to build fighter aircraft. Today, the name Sopwith is associated with the most famous British aircraft of the early twentieth century. Sopwith Aviation Company's first successful design was the small, tidy Tabloid, a simple biplane that won the Schneider Trophy in 1914 and became the inspiration for the tractor biplane fighter, the Sopwith Pup. Soon after the war began, Tabloids were secretly constructed and used to complete a surprise bombing mission on October 8, 1914, which destroyed the Zeppelin Z.9 at Dusseldorf, Germany. This painting depicts Sopwith and a later success, the 1917 Camel, which gained a reputation as one of the most maneuverable aircraft ever manufactured.

This painting originally appeared on the Fleetwood® Sir Thomas Sopwith Commemorative Cover postmarked January 18, 1980.

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