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03-Aug-2013 AKMC

130803_125955_30299 Sopwith F.1 Camel (II) (Sat 03 Aug 13)

RAAF Association of WA Museum, Bull Creek, Western Australia

Here we see another image of the three-quarter scale Sopwith Camel replica mentioned in shot 30296.

If you were an opposing German fighter, this is the side you would probably want to see. As I mentioned in the previous caption, the rotary engine gave the aircraft and incredible torque to the right. When the pilot banked in that direction, the nose would tend to go down though an experienced pilot could counteract that if he wanted to.

Turning to the left, on the other hand, was relatively slow and the nose would tend to rise. In fact, Camel pilots would sometimes do a 270° turn to the right if they wanted to go left rather than doing a 90° turn to the left.

So if your name is Fritz or Hans and you're approaching a Sopwith Camel from this direction you're probably feeling relatively safe. Unless, of course, the Camel pilot is really experienced and snaps a loop around to come up your backside and ventilate it with his twin .303 Vickers machine guns.

Addendum: My personal opinion is that Facebook is a sociopathic organisation that steals other peoples' intellectual property (including the images in this gallery) despite being explicitly denied permission to do so.

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