Harry Hawker
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Harry George Hawker, MBE, AFC was an Australian aviation pioneer. He was the chief test pilot for Sopwith and was also involved in the design of many of their aircraft. After the First World War, he c
Hawker in May 1919
Crowd welcoming Australian Harry George Hawker and Anglo-Canadian Kenneth MacKenzie-Grieve, Kings Cross London, 1919
Sopwith Aviation Company
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The Sopwith Aviation Company was a British aircraft company that designed and manufactured aeroplanes mainly for the British Royal Naval Air Service, the Royal Flying Corps and later the Royal Air For
Harry Hawker
…Harry George Hawker, MBE, AFC (22 January 1889 – 12 July 1921) was an Australian aviation pioneer. He was the chief test pilot for Sopwith and was also involved in the design of many of their aircraft. After the First World War, he co-founded Hawker Aircraft, the firm that would later be…
Thomas Sopwith, c. 1910
Sopwith Dove concept vehicle
The Sopwith "Schneider" (a float-equipped Sopwith Tabloid) at the 1914 Schneider Trophy in Monaco
Three views of the single-seat bomber version of the Sopwith 1½ Strutter