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English aviation pioneer
Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith, CBE, Hon FRAeS (18 January 1888 – 27 January 1989) was a British aviation pioneer, businessman and yachtsman. Sopwith was
Thomas_Sopwith
Topics referred to by the same term
Thomas Sopwith (1888–1989) was an aviator and yachtsman. Thomas Sopwith may also refer to: Thomas Sopwith (geologist) (1803–1879), grandfather of the
Thomas Sopwith (disambiguation)
Thomas_Sopwith_(disambiguation)
British aircraft manufacturer, 1913–1920
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Sopwith_Aviation_Company
English mining engineer
Thomas Sopwith FRS (3 January 1803 – 16 January 1879) was an English mining engineer, teacher of geology and local historian. The son of Jacob Sopwith
Thomas_Sopwith_(geologist)
British racing driver and businessman (1932–2019)
Thomas Edward Brodie Sopwith (15 November 1932 – 4 May 2019) was a British businessman and car racing driver. Thomas Sopwith was the son of English aviation
Tommy_Sopwith_(racing_driver)
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defunct British aircraft manufacturer Sopwith (video game), 1984 video game Sopwith (board game) Thomas Sopwith (disambiguation), several people Sopworth
Sopwith
Yacht (1934)
Cup by Camper and Nicholson in Gosport, England. She was built for Thomas Sopwith who used his aviation design expertise to ensure the yacht was the most
Endeavour_(yacht)
1934–1977 aircraft manufacturer in the United Kingdom
Kenderdine C.D.MacQuaide; Alan Watkins Sir Peter Baxendell (Chairman) Sir Thomas Sopwith Aerospace industry in the United Kingdom US Centiennal of Flight Commission
Hawker_Siddeley
Royal Yacht of the King of Norway
Norwegian Navy. Originally built in 1937 in the United Kingdom for Thomas Sopwith, she served in the Royal Navy as an armed yacht during the Second World
HNoMY_Norge
British aircraft manufacturer
bankruptcy of the Sopwith Aviation Company. Sopwith test pilot Harry Hawker and three others, including Thomas Sopwith, bought the assets of Sopwith and formed
Hawker_Aircraft
British WW1 biplane fighter aircraft
The Sopwith Camel is a British First World War single-seat biplane fighter aircraft that was introduced on the Western Front in 1917. It was developed
Sopwith_Camel
Sailing event
by Sir Thomas Sopwith. Thomas Sopwith had bought the challenger for the 1930 America's Cup, Shamrock V, after the death of its owner, Sir Thomas Lipton
1934_America's_Cup
House in East Horsley, Surrey
the first computer programmers. In 1919, the Towers was purchased by Thomas Sopwith, the aviator and businessman, who named his plane, the Hawker Horsley
Horsley_Towers
British racing yacht
British aviation industrialist Sir Thomas Sopwith was to be the next custodian of Shamrock V. Already a keen yachtsman, Sopwith bought her in 1931 as a trial
Shamrock_V
Street in Mayfair, London, England
Street from 1915 to 1930. The aircraft designer and manufacturer Sir Thomas Sopwith lived at No. 46 from 1934 to 1940. A blue plaque now commemorates his
Green_Street,_Mayfair
Roman castle in the north of England, near Hadrian's Wall
fort known in the Roman Empire. The site was surveyed by the geologist Thomas Sopwith in the 19th century and the historian R. G. Collingwood in the 20th
Whitley_Castle
Sailing competition
Club not held 1930 Newport Sir Thomas Lipton, Shamrock V Royal Ulster Yacht Club not held 1934 Newport Sir Thomas Sopwith, Endeavour Royal Yacht Squadron
Challenger_(America's_Cup)
by Greece and Germany. In summer 1912, the British pioneer aviator Thomas Sopwith, also a keen yachtsman and power-boat racer, started design of a flying
Sopwith_Bat_Boat
British WW1 biplane fighter aircraft
The Sopwith Pup is a British single-seater biplane fighter aircraft built by the Sopwith Aviation Company. It entered service with the Royal Naval Air
Sopwith_Pup
Type of aircraft rotary engine
taking place in Italy and the United States. British aircraft designer Thomas Sopwith described the Monosoupape as "one of the greatest single advances in
Gnome_Monosoupape
Village in the Borough of Elmbridge in Surrey, England
House (now Notre Dame School). Sir Thomas Sopwith, (1888–1989), aviation pioneer and industrialist who founded the Sopwith Aviation, H G Hawker Engineering
Cobham,_Surrey
reopened and Thomas Sopwith, the head of the Sopwith Aviation Company, decided to build an aircraft to compete for the prize. George Carter of Sopwith based
Sopwith_Atlantic
briefly over Belgium by the RNAS following the start of the War. In 1912, Thomas Sopwith, who had learned to fly during 1910 and had set up a flying school at
Sopwith_Three-seater
Sailing race competition
2005. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012. Thomas W. Lawson (1986) [1902]. "List of Inscriptions on the America's Cup". The
America's_Cup
Defunct motorsport venue in England
August 1914. In February 1912, Thomas Sopwith opened his flying school and in June, with several others, he set up the Sopwith Aviation Company there, although
Brooklands
Former British yacht builders
Moth IV and Prince Philip's yacht Bloodhound. Its customers included Thomas Sopwith, William Kissam Vanderbilt II and George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke
Camper_and_Nicholsons
Royal Yacht Squadron United Kingdom Sir Thomas Sopwith Charles E. Nicholson Camper & Nicholsons Thomas O. M. Sopwith 17 1958 Newport Henry Sears Olin Stephens
List of America's Cup challengers and defenders
List_of_America's_Cup_challengers_and_defenders
Class of racing yachts
classes was derived to maintain groupings of competitive class. Following Sir Thomas Lipton's near success in the 1920 America's Cup, he challenged again for
J_Class_(yacht)
unsuccessful challenger of the 1937 America's Cup. It was ordered by Thomas Sopwith, designed by Charles Ernest Nicholson and built at Camper and Nicholsons
Endeavour_II_(yacht)
IV Sir E. Mackay Edgar UK Thomas Sopwith Sr 43.18 1913 Osborne Bay, UK Maple Leaf IV Sir E. Mackay Edgar UK Thomas Sopwith Sr 57.45 1920 Osborne Bay,
Harmsworth_Cup
British builder (1797–1861)
houses (see plan reproduced above). In this project he commissioned Thomas Sopwith (geologist). The project was stillborn and did not become the Newcastle
Richard_Grainger
Sailing event
entered Harold S. Vanderbilt, and Endeavour II, the second in Sir Thomas Sopwith's line of Cup challengers. In 1935, Sir Richard Fairey issued a challenge
1937_America's_Cup
1913 general aviation aircraft family
The Sopwith Tabloid and Sopwith Schneider (floatplane) were British biplanes, originally designed as sports aircraft and later adapted for military use
Sopwith_Tabloid
built by Howard T. Wright to a design by W.O. Manning. One was used by Thomas Sopwith for his early record-breaking flights. Another made the first powered
Howard_Wright_1910_Biplane
(Call My Bluff). Harry Moore, 61, Australian rules footballer. Sir Thomas Sopwith, 101, British aviation pioneer and yachtsman, European ice hockey champion
Deaths_in_January_1989
American businessman (1884–1970)
Kingdom, Endeavour, owned by the aviation pioneer and industrialist Thomas Sopwith. Endeavour won the first two races but Vanderbilt's Rainbow then won
Harold_Stirling_Vanderbilt
Official country residence of British monarch
Windsor Castle at the 1908 Olympics, and in 1911 the pioneering aviator Thomas Sopwith landed an aircraft at the castle for the first time. George V continued
Windsor_Castle
Roman legion
the Legio VI Victrix, at Whitley Castle (Epiacum) in southern Northumberland. Illustration by Thomas Sopwith, 1833. The altar is now in Bedford Museum.
Legio_VI_Victrix
British WW1 triplane fighter aircraft
The Sopwith Triplane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft designed and manufactured by the Sopwith Aviation Company during the First World War. It
Sopwith_Triplane
Country house in Warfield, Berkshire, England
again in the early 20th century. In 1939 the house was acquired by Sir Thomas Sopwith who used it as his home until the house was sold at auction in 1952
Warfield_Hall
British multi-disciplinary professional institution
the RAF. The Sopwith Lecture was established in 1990 to honour Sir Thomas Sopwith CBE, Hon FRAeS. In the years prior to World War I, Sopwith became England's
Royal_Aeronautical_Society
Air sport
Blanche Noyes Adolphe Pégoud John Cyril Porte C. W. A. Scott Lyle Shelton Thomas Sopwith Louise Thaden Bobbi Trout Roscoe Turner Jules Védrines Jimmy Wedell
Air_racing
Fawlty in the sitcom Fawlty Towers. 27 January – Aviation pioneer Sir Thomas Sopwith dies aged 101 at his home in Hampshire. 5 February – At 6pm, the world's
1989_in_the_United_Kingdom
at Olympia. The noted English pioneer aviator and aircraft designer Thomas Sopwith learnt to fly in an example. The Howard Wright 1910 monoplane was one
Howard_Wright_1910_Monoplane
Passes". Flight: 525. 21 November 1935. Retrieved 30 August 2013. "Sir Thomas Sopwith". Obituaries. The Times. No. 63303. London. 28 January 1989. col. E
List_of_aviation_pioneers
Global musician and audio equipment designer
Steel - Victor Smorgon Soennecken – Friedrich Soennecken Sopwith Aviation Company – Thomas Sopwith Sotheby's – John Sotheby Soul Patts - Lewy Pattinson Spice
List of companies named after people
List_of_companies_named_after_people
Village and civil parish in Berkshire, England
there is good evidence. In early 1911 a young Sydney Camm watched Sir Thomas Sopwith land his aircraft on Datchet golf course, on his return journey from
Datchet
Village in Northumberland, England
temperature, wind speed, air pressure, and information about past weather Thomas Sopwith wrote a great deal about Allenheads and his key text is available online
Allenheads
Sirmons Obituary". Tampa Bay Times. 13 May 2018. The New York Times: Thomas Sopwith, Aircraft Pioneer In 2 World Wars, Is Dead at 101 "C.W. Spangenberger
List of centenarians (businesspeople)
List_of_centenarians_(businesspeople)
Human settlement in England
Norman Crescent (Nigel Norman), Phoenix Way (Heston Phoenix), Sopwith Road (Thomas Sopwith), Spitfire Way (Supermarine Spitfire), Whittle Road (Frank Whittle)
Heston
Stuart Scott Sheila Scott Igor Sikorsky Elinor Smith Sir Ross Smith Sir Thomas Sopwith Melitta Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg Katherine Stinson John Stringfellow
List_of_aviators
Wencong (1930–2016) – lead designer of the Chengdu J-10 Thomas Sopwith (1888–1989) – Sopwith Aviation Company Tony Spear (1937-2024) – Mars Pathfinder
List_of_aerospace_engineers
American-born British politician (1879–1968)
July 1909, he doubled the prize to £4,000. It was eventually won by Thomas Sopwith in December 1910. He was also a rider of the Cresta Run in St. Moritz
Maurice_de_Forest
South African family of English-Jewish descent
Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder married to Olive Coulson Sopwith (d. 1937), daughter of Thomas Sopwith. Woolf Barnato Joel (1863–1898), South African mining
Joel_family
Village and parish in Surrey, England
the local Horsley council. Horsley Towers was also the home of Sir Thomas Sopwith, the aviation pioneer. The settlement is 21 miles southwest of London
East_Horsley
English surgeon, chemist, poet and inventor (1796–1864)
his personal friends were John Glover, Queen Victoria's librarian; Thomas Sopwith, geologist and mining engineer; and Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson, eminent
Henry_Stephens_(doctor)
British aviator (1889–1914)
credited with the fastest time, since Thomas Sopwith was disqualified for missing one of the control points, but after Sopwith successfully appealed Hamel was
Gustav_Hamel
Aviator and business entrepreneur
first experience of flying at Hewlett and Blondeau's school, including Thomas Sopwith. Thirteen pupils graduated from the school in the year and a half it
Hilda_Hewlett
English geologist (1769–1839)
with Smith's work and status as "Father of Geology" referenced by Thomas Sopwith in an address to the Institution that year. The Map that Changed the
William_Smith_(geologist)
British ground attack aircraft
control, I reckoned I'd seen everything. And it's not difficult to fly. — Thomas Sopwith The Harrier, while serving for many decades in various forms, has been
Hawker_Siddeley_Harrier
Learned society and open-access publisher
George Leach 1855–1857: John Lee 1857–1858: Robert Stephenson 1859–1860: Thomas Sopwith 1861–1862: Nathaniel Beardmore 1863–1864: Robert Dundas Thomson, died
Royal_Meteorological_Society
Surrey, archived from the original on 19 July 2011, retrieved 13 May 2011 St Thomas' Church, East Shefford, Berkshire, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved
List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in Southeast England
List_of_churches_preserved_by_the_Churches_Conservation_Trust_in_Southeast_England
children's fairy stories The Happy Prince and Other Tales. 18 January – Thomas Sopwith, aviation pioneer and yachtsman (died 1989) 8 February – Edith Evans
1888_in_the_United_Kingdom
André Beaumont (Jean Conneau) 1912 1912 Aerial Derby cup 105 £10,400 Thomas Sopwith 1913 1913 Aerial Derby cup 105 £10,500 Gustav Hamel 1913, 1918 1919
Daily_Mail_aviation_prizes
British mining engineer (1814–1893)
length of the working day. and in about 1832 he was apprenticed to Thomas Sopwith, a leading Tyneside mining engineer and land surveyor, and was involved
Sir George Elliot, 1st Baronet
Sir_George_Elliot,_1st_Baronet
British stained glass artist (1929–2007)
Somborne West nave - St Michael defeating the Devil, memorial to Sir Thomas Sopwith (1996) Sherborne Abbey Great West Window - The Incarnation (1997) South
John_Hayward_(artist)
Day of the year
Diabaté, Malian historian, author, and playwright (born 1938) 1989 – Thomas Sopwith, English ice hockey player and pilot (born 1888) 1993 – André the Giant
January_27
Aviation show in Illinois, United States
attended, including Lincoln Beachey, Eugene Burton Ely, Thomas Sopwith, Glenn Curtiss, Thomas Scott Baldwin, René Simon, Earle Ovington, Harry Atwood
1911 Chicago International Aviation Meet
1911_Chicago_International_Aviation_Meet
soundly. Lipton died in 1931, and English aviation industrialist Sir Thomas Sopwith bought Shamrock V with the intent of preparing the next challenge. To
History_of_the_America's_Cup
British fighter aircraft of the 1930s and 40s
impressive weapons plans were underway in Germany. He reported his data to Thomas Sopwith, who tried to convince the British government of the necessity to modernize
Hawker_Hurricane
Saint Briavels, in the County of Gloucester. H Sweet. 1878. Google Thomas Sopwith. The Award of the Dean Forest Mining Commissioners. John Weale. 1841
Laws of the Forest of Dean and Hundred of Saint Briavels
Laws_of_the_Forest_of_Dean_and_Hundred_of_Saint_Briavels
Principal railway station in Tyne and Wear, England
A scheme for a central station was proposed by Richard Grainger and Thomas Sopwith in 1836, but was not built. The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway had agreed
Newcastle_railway_station
of flying at Brooklands on a Burgess-Wright. In 1912, he worked with Thomas Sopwith at his flying school at Brooklands, where amongst others he trained
Evelyn_Perry
English race car designer and engineer
met Tommy Sopwith, son of Sir Thomas Sopwith, who was also doing a short apprenticeship at his father's factory. They got on well and as Sopwith was interested
John_Crosthwaite
Day of the year
Nordström, Swedish-German author and translator (died 1962) 1888 – Thomas Sopwith, English ice hockey player, sailor, and pilot (died 1989) 1892 – Oliver
January_18
Calendar year
January 8 – Matt Moore, Irish-born American actor (d. 1960) January 18 – Thomas Sopwith, English aviation pioneer, yachtsman (d. 1989) January 19 – Millard
1888
Recipient of the Victoria Cross (1918–1944)
presented with a silver model of a Lancaster by the company's chairman, Thomas Sopwith. Also at the dinner were Roy Chadwick, the designer of the Lancaster
Guy_Gibson
1920s British ultralight aircraft
were entered in the competition, held in 1924 at Lympne Aerodrome, by Thomas Sopwith and Fred Sigrist. The aircraft were flown by Longton (No. 14) and Raynham
Hawker_Cygnet
military aviator (died 1936 in aviation accident) 1888 18 January – Thomas Sopwith, English aircraft manufacturer (died 1989) 24 January – Ernst Heinkel
Timeline of aviation in the 19th century
Timeline_of_aviation_in_the_19th_century
South African mining magnate and a champion horse breeder (1862 – 1940)
Barnato Joel, née Olivie Coulson Sopwith (d. 1937)". Lafayette Negative Archive. Sopwith, R. (1994), Thomas Sopwith, Surveyor An Exercise in Self-Help
Jack_Barnato_Joel
called the Dragonfly, with a wingspan of 37 ft (11 m) was built for Thomas Sopwith and was displayed at the 1911 Aero Show at Olympia. Data from Lewis
Martin-Handasyde_No._3
finish, and large numbers of people watch the race along its route. Thomas Sopwith wins in a Bleriot XI-2 with a time of 1 hour 23 minutes 8.4 seconds
1912_in_aviation
Airport near London, England, 1929–1947
Aeroplane Company, builders of the Bristol Type 167 Brabazon. Sopwith Road Sir Thomas Sopwith, British aviation pioneer. Road named during his lifetime.
Heston_Aerodrome
1976 novel by Kingsley Amis
that takes characters from London to Rome in just seven hours, via Thomas Sopwith's Channel Bridge. Airships feature as a mode of transportation connecting
The_Alteration
English aeronautical engineer
biplane (later called the Howard Wright 1910 Biplane) which, flown by Thomas Sopwith, won a £4,000 prize for the longest flight starting in Britain and ending
William_Oke_Manning
British civil engineering prize
series of papers. It was introduced in 1835 following a bequest made by Thomas Telford, the ICE's first president. It can be awarded in gold, silver or
Telford_Medal
British physician and medical historian (1828–1896)
library membership required.) Richardson, Benjamin Ward; Sopwith, Thomas (1891). Thomas Sopwith : with excerpts from his diary of fifty-seven years. University
Benjamin_Ward_Richardson
Former Royal Air Force flying base in East Lothian, Scotland
26 June 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2017. Edwards, Richard (2012). "Thomas Sopwith and the Camels of Kingston". Heroes and landmarks of British military
RAF_East_Fortune
English industrial chemist and industrial historian
was helped later by James Cochran Stevenson, R. C. Clapham, and by Thomas Sopwith, and published in collaboration two reports on the subject in the Report
Thomas_Richardson_(chemist)
Private preparatory school in Pease Pottage, West Sussex, England
needed] Robin Niblett, director of Chatham House [citation needed] Thomas Sopwith, aviation pioneer Margaret Smallwood (2008), Cottesmore School (PDF)
Cottesmore_School
Former English water filtration company
The men behind the scheme were Richard Grainger, an eminent builder, Thomas Sopwith, a consulting engineer, and the industrialist William George Armstrong
Newcastle and Gateshead Water Company
Newcastle_and_Gateshead_Water_Company
Camden List of English Heritage blue plaques in Kensington and Chelsea "Thomas Arne". English Heritage – Blue plaques. English Heritage. Retrieved 6 December
List of English Heritage blue plaques in the City of Westminster
List_of_English_Heritage_blue_plaques_in_the_City_of_Westminster
0.1320°W / 51.5120; -0.1320 (Shaftesbury Avenue) Sopwith Way Kingston upon Thames Thomas Sopwith Aviation pioneer who set up a factory near the east
List of eponymous roads in London
List_of_eponymous_roads_in_London
Scottish blacksmith and aviation pioneer
Thomas Sopwith traveled to Rothesay and examined the Baird monoplane while it was on display at the Highland Games. With Baird's permission, Sopwith drew
Andrew_Blain_Baird
Month of 1912
event, and larger numbers of people watched the race along its route. Thomas Sopwith won the derby flying a Bleriot aircraft with a time of 1 hour 23 minutes
June_1912
pieces of machinery. June 28 – (United States) An English aviator, Thomas Sopwith, makes the world's first airplane charter flight, when hired by the
1910s_in_air_cargo
Patrol vessel of the United States Navy
designed, she had accommodations for 15 passengers and a crew of 20. Thomas Sopwith purchased her in 1934, renamed her Vita, and used her to shadow his
USS_Cythera_(PY-31)
English accountant and Liberal Party politician
Louisa died in 1873, and in 1878 he married Ursula Sopwith, daughter of the civil engineer Thomas Sopwith. Chadwick died on 19 September 1895, aged 73, at
David Chadwick (politician, born 1821)
David_Chadwick_(politician,_born_1821)
English sculptor (1933–2023)
Risen Christ, St Mary's Church, Ashwell, Hertfordshire, England) Sir Thomas Sopwith (Brooklands Museum, Brooklands, England) Sir Lawrence Bragg, (The Royal
John_Mills_(sculptor)
British sailor
challenger to score in an America's Cup match since 1934 when Sir Thomas Sopwith's Endeavor (representing the Royal Yacht Squadron) lost 4-2 to Harold
Ben_Ainslie
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