1916-20 (F.1/2

An insight into owning, restoring, servicing and flying Britain’s iconic First World War biplane fighter

--- TABLE DES MATIERES / CONTENTS --- Contents (GE [Authors nots] (EMI [introduction] (MEER is Canson 1) Founding the Royal Flying Corps Taking flight ie Royal Air Force created 27 ‘Father of the RAF’ 28 ‘Winged’ leader 29 Ground attack 31 Camels at sea 31 World’s first carrier strike 33 Armistice GT EM [Restore to fight 7] À quartet of Camels 42 Research 42 Fuselage 43 Fuel system 44 Cockpit 47 Wings 55 Empennage 57 Le Clerget 9Ba rotary engine 59 Peter Bond 63 EM [camel anatomy] Air Board Technical Notes — 100hp Monosoupape Engine 86 Air Board Technical Notes — 110hp Clerget engine 88 OPPOSITE The Vintage Aviator Ltd’s superb Sopwith Camel replica in New Zealand has for many years been the world’s most accurate example of a flying Camel, as it is powered by an original Gnome rotary engine and flown in the exact same way the type was by pilots in the First World War. (Jarrod Cotter) DE Soe piotsvew A fierce little beast Service experience Letters from the Front ‘ot 105 [] 410 | The owner’s view Absolute authenticity 112 Peter Jackson's interest 113 Gene DeMarco 113 TVAL Camels 120 [BEAM [The engineers view 7] Training Manual, Royal Flying Corps, Part 1 124 Rigging Notes, Sopwith…