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The Sopwith Dolphin was yet another aircraft designed by British Sopwith Aviation Co. This aircraft however was built with the fighter pilot in mind. The overall goal was to tidy up some of the issues with the sopwith camel. Such as the poor visibility and the difficult handling characteristics the camel had due to it’s rotary engine. The visibility issue was solved by having the top wing lowered substantially as well as having this upper wing connected to a steel frame. This feature gave the pilot extraordinary visibility because the pilots head was positioned above the wing. The handling was improved by sticking an inline engine into the aircraft reducing the torque effects on the plane. Of course not everything can be perfect and the aircraft quickly earned a reputation for tipping over during landings. The standard armament was two vickers machine guns that fired through the propeller and two overwing lewis guns. However pilots were not very fond of the over-wing Lewis guns for a variety or reasons and more often than not would discard them. The overall performance of the Dolphin was good, especially at high altitudes and pilots would frequently be sent to engage German reconnaissance aircraft and balloons. Entente Squadrons that were outfitted with the aircraft chalked up quite the score for themselves. No 87 squadron shot down 89 Enemy aircraft and No. 79 Squadron shot down 64 aircraft in only eight and a half months at the front. Like most of these ww1 aircraft the Sopwith Dolphin had some teething issues at the beginning but was quickly transformed into a very capable fighting machine.
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