Brooklands Sopwith/Hawker/Hsa/Baek Archive


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Aircraft News


SOPWITH SNIPE - A Bentley BR.2 powered Snipe reproduction , built by The Vintage Aviator Ltd (TVAL) of Wellington, New Zealand, is now flying. It is the third Snipe that TVAL has built.

SOPWITH TABLOID - The Kingston Aviation Heritage Trust's non-flying near-replica has been presented to the Brooklands Museum.

GNAT TMk1 - XS102 made its first post-overhaul flight at North Weald in December 2013. It had not flown for six years. Painted to represent XR992, the lead aircraft of the RAF Yellowjacks aerobatic team, it has joined two other Gnats in the Heritage Aircraft Trust's (HAT) Gnat Display Team

GNAT FMk1 - . The HAT has acquired in the USA a Folland-built former Indian Air Force Gnat FMk1 which it plans to restore to flying condition.