ZK-SOP was registered in December 2007.

When positioned like this between an Albacore and a Firefly one really gets an impression of how small these early fighters were. Photographed wingless during the FAA Museum's Reserve Collection open day at Cobham Hall.

This incredible, airworthy replica is the result of a 20 year scratch build using original Sopwith plans and is now on display at the MAPS Air Museum.

Seen in Cobham Hall, the Reserve Collection of the Fleet Air Arm Museum

The Triplane was briefly succesful with a couple of British and French naval fighter squadrons early in 1917, but had structural and maintenance issues, and was armed with one machine gun only. The Fokker Dr.I was developed in response.

The prototype Triplane first flew in May 1916 and the type entered service with the Royal Naval Air Service early in 1917 and a total of 147 were built. It was a very agile but lightly armed type that was soon superceded by the biplanes. Often quoted as cn 8385M, but that is its allocated RAF maintenance serial.

This aircraft was sold in the USA as N5483 the following year