page_title: Sopwith Dolphin
section_title: Reproduction
hierarchical_section_title: Sopwith Dolphin / Reproduction
caption_attribution_description: English: A photo of the Sopwith Dolphin reproduction built by James Henry "Cole" Palen Jr, founder of Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, in flight during one of the museum's early-1980s airshows.
context_page_description: The Sopwith 5F.1 Dolphin was a British fighter aircraft manufactured by the Sopwith Aviation Company. It was used by the Royal Flying Corps and its successor, the Royal Air Force, during the First World War. The Dolphin entered service on the Western Front in early 1918 and proved to be a formidable fighter. The aircraft was not retained in the postwar inventory and was retired shortly after the war.
context_section_description: In 1977, Cole Palen built an accurate Dolphin reproduction for his Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome living aviation museum, in the mid-Hudson Valley of eastern New York. It flew regularly at Old Rhinebeck's weekend air shows until September 1990, when it crash-landed after a fuel pump failure. The aircraft is presently under restoration to flying condition.
caption: Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome's Sopwith Dolphin reproduction in the early 1980s, using a direct-drive Hispano-Suiza 8 engine
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