Sopwith Triplane Aces of World War 1 (Aircraft of the Aces)
Contributors: Harry Dempsey (Illustrator)
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: June 24, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781841767284
Subjects: Air forces & warfare; European history: First World War; First World War, 1914-1918; Military; History; History - Military / War; Europe; Military - Aviation; History / Military / Aviation; Military - World War I
First sentence: The only three-winged fighter aircraft to see active duty with Britain's flying services in World War 1, Sopwith's Triplane was the sole viable multi-winged aircraft design capable of challenging the biplane's supremacy during the early days of flight.