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1 military flights
полёты военных самолётов или вертолётов; полёты с военными целямиEnglsh-Russian aviation and space dictionary > military flights
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2 flight
полет; рейс; перелёт; звено; летательный аппарат ( в полете) ; ркт. стартовый комплекс; лётный; полётный; бортовой1g flight — прямолинейный горизонтальный полет, полет с единичной перегрузкой, полет без ускорения или торможения
45° climbing inverted flight — набор высоты под углом 45° в перевёрнутом положении
45° climbing knife flight — набор высоты под углом 45° с боковым скольжением, подъём «по лезвию» под углом 45°
45° diving knife flight — пикирование под углом 45° с боковым скольжением, пикирование «по лезвию» под углом 45°
45° sliding flight — набор высоты под углом 45° с боковым скольжением, подъём «по лезвию» под углом 45°
45° sliding flight — пикирование под углом 45° с боковым скольжением, пикирование «по лезвию» под углом 45°
90° climbing flight — вертикальный подъём, отвесный набор высоты
break up in flight — разрушаться в воздухе [в полете]
Doppler hold hovering flight — полет на висении со стабилизацией по доплеровскому измерителю скорости сноса
flight at the controls — полет за рычагами управления (в качестве лётчика, пилотирующего самолёт)
flight on the deck — бреющий полет, полет на предельно малой высоте
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3 Renard, Charles
SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace[br]b. 23 November 1847 Damblain, Vosges, Franced. 13 April 1905 Chalais-Meudon, France[br]French pioneer of military aeronautics who, with A.C.Krebs, built an airship powered by an electric motor.[br]Charles Renard was a French army officer with an interest in aviation. In 1873 he constructed an unusual unmanned glider with ten wings and an automatic stabilizing device to control rolling. This operated by means of a pendulum device linked to moving control surfaces. The model was launched from a tower near Arras, but unfortunately it spiralled into the ground. The control surfaces could not cope with the basic instability of the design, but as an idea for automatic flight control it was ahead of its time.Following a Commission report on the military use of balloons, carrier pigeons and an optical telegraph, an aeronautical establishment was set up in 1877 at Chalais-Meudon, near Paris, under the direction of Charles Renard, who was assisted by his brother Paul. The following year Renard and a colleague, Arthur Krebs, began to plan an airship. They received financial help from Léon Gambetta, a prominent politician who had escaped from Paris by balloon in 1870 during the siege by the Prussians. Renard and Krebs studied earlier airship designs: they used the outside shape of Paul Haenlein's gas-engined airship of 1872 and included Meusnier's internal air-filled ballonnets. The gas-engine had not been a success so they decided on an electric motor. Renard developed lightweight pile batteries while Krebs designed a motor, although this was later replaced by a more powerful Gramme motor of 6.5 kW (9 hp). La France was constructed at Chalais-Meudon and, after a two-month wait for calm conditions, the airship finally ascended on 9 August 1884. The motor was switched on and the flight began. Renard and Krebs found their airship handled well and after twenty-three minutes they landed back at their base. La, France made several successful flights, but its speed of only 24 km/h (15 mph) meant that flights could be made only in calm weather. Parts of La, France, including the electric motor, are preserved in the Musée de l'Air in Paris.Renard remained in charge of the establishment at Chalais-Meudon until his death. Among other things, he developed the "Train Renard", a train of articulated road vehicles for military and civil use, of which a number were built between 1903 and 1911. Towards the end of his life Renard became interested in helicopters, and in 1904 he built a large twin-rotor model which, however, failed to take off.[br]Bibliography1886, Le Ballon dirigeable La France, Paris (a description of the airship).Further ReadingDescriptions of Renard and Kreb's airship are given in most books on the history of lighter-than-air flight, e.g.L.T.C.Rolt, 1966, The Aeronauts, London; pub. in paperback 1985.C.Bailleux, c. 1988, Association pour l'Histoire de l'Electricité en France, (a detailed account of the conception and operations of La France).1977, Centenaire de la recherche aéronautique à Chalais-Meudon, Paris (an official memoir on the work of Chalais-Meudon with a chapter on Renard).JDS -
4 flight
flight [flaɪt]∎ capable of flight capable de voler;∎ to be in flight être en vol(b) (journey → of bird, spacecraft, plane, missile) vol m;∎ manned flight (of spacecraft) vol m habité;∎ a flight of 500 miles is nothing to a swallow ≃ les hirondelles peuvent facilement effectuer des vols de 800 kilomètres∎ I don't want to miss my flight je ne veux pas rater mon avion;∎ my flight is at 2.15 mon avion est à 2h15;∎ how was your flight? as-tu fait bon voyage?;∎ this is my first transatlantic flight (passenger) c'est la première fois que je traverse l'Atlantique en avion; (pilot) c'est mon premier vol ou ma première traversée transatlantique;∎ flight BA 314 to Paris le vol BA 314 à destination de Paris;∎ when is the next flight to Newcastle? à quelle heure part le prochain vol pour ou à destination de Newcastle?;∎ all flights out of Gatwick tous les vols en provenance de Gatwick∎ the Queen's/King's Flight = avions au service de la famille royale;∎ figurative to be in the first or top flight faire partie de l'élite∎ to be in full flight être en pleine retraite;∎ to take flight prendre la fuite;∎ in the course of her flight from justice alors qu'elle fuyait la justice;∎ to put sb/the enemy to flight mettre qn/l'ennemi en fuite;∎ figurative flight of capital évasion f ou fuite f des capitaux;∎ Bible the Flight into Egypt la fuite en Égypte∎ flight (of stairs or steps) escalier m;∎ I had to walk up all ten flights j'ai dû monter les dix étages à pied;∎ it's another three flights up c'est trois étages plus haut;∎ I'm not carrying this wardrobe up all those flights of stairs je refuse de monter cette penderie tout là-haut;∎ a short flight of steps quelques marches fpl∎ a flight of the imagination une envolée de l'imagination;∎ it was just a flight of fancy ce n'était qu'une idée folle(h) (on arrow, dart) penne f, empennage m∎ one of our flight attendants un des membres de l'équipage;Finance flight capital capitaux mpl flottants ou fébriles;flight clearance autorisation f de vol;flight control (action → of individual aircraft) conduite f; (→ from ground) contrôle m de la navigation aérienne; Military contrôle m des missions aériennes; (place) contrôle m aérien; (people) contrôleurs mpl aériens;flight crew équipage m (d'un avion);flight deck (of aircraft) poste m ou cabine f de pilotage, habitacle m; (of aircraft carrier) pont m d'envol;flight engineer mécanicien(enne) m,f navigant(e) (d'avion), ingénieur m de vol;Ornithology flight feather (of bird) penne f;flight formation formation f de vol;flight lieutenant = capitaine de l'armée de l'air britannique;flight log journal m de vol;flight mechanic mécanicien(enne) m,f navigant(e);flight number numéro m de vol;flight path trajectoire f de vol;flight pattern formation f de vol;flight personnel personnel m navigant;flight plan plan m de vol;flight recorder enregistreur m de vol;flight sergeant = sergent-chef de l'armée de l'air britannique;flight simulator simulateur m de vol; -
5 Zeppelin, Count Ferdinand von
SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace[br]b. 8 July 1838 Konstanz, Germanyd. 8 March 1917 Berlin, Germany[br]German designer of rigid airships, which became known as Zeppelins.[br]Zeppelin served in the German Army and retired with the rank of General in 1890. While in the army, he was impressed by the use of balloons in the American Civil War and during the Siege of Paris. By the time he retired, non-rigid airships were just beginning to make their mark. Zeppelin decided to build an airship with a rigid framework to support the gas bags. Plans were drawn up in 1893 with the assistance of Theodore Kober, an engineer, but the idea was rejected by the authorities. A company was founded in 1898 and construction began. The Luftschiff Zeppelin No. 1 (LZ1) made its first flight on 2 July 1900. Modifications were needed and the second flight took place in October. A reporter called Hugo Eckener covered this and later flights: his comments and suggestions so impressed Zeppelin that Eckener eventually became his partner, publicist, fund-raiser and pilot.The performance of the subsequent Zeppelins gradually improved, but there was limited military interest. In November 1909 a company with the abbreviated name DELAG was founded to operate passenger-carrying Zeppelins. The service was opened by LZ 7 Deutschland in mid-June 1910, and the initial network of Frankfurt, Baden- Baden and Düsseldorf was expanded. Eckener became a very efficient Director of Flight Operations, and by the outbreak of war in 1914 some 35,000 passengers had been carried without any fatalities. During the First World War many Zeppelins were built and they carried out air-raids on Britain. Despite their menacing reputation, they were very vulnerable to attack by fighters. Zeppelin, now in his seventies, turned his attention to large bombers, following the success of Sikorsky's Grand, but he died in 1917. Eckener continued to instruct crews and improve the Zeppelin designs. When the war ended Eckener arranged to supply the Americans with an airship as part of German reparations: this became the Los Angeles. In 1928 a huge new airship, the Graf Zeppelin, was completed and Eckener took command. He took the Graf Zeppelin on many successful flights, including a voyage around the world in 1929.[br]Bibliography1908, Erfahrungen beim Bau von Luftschiffen, Berlin. 1908, Die Eroberung der Luft, Stuttgart.Further ReadingThere are many books on the history of airships, and on Graf von Zeppelin in particular. Of note are: H.Eckener, 1938, Count Zeppelin: The Man and His Work, London.——1958, My Zeppelins, London.P.W.Brooks, 1992, Zeppelin: Rigid Airships 1893–1940, London.T.Nielson, 1955, The Zeppelin Story: The Life of Hugo Eckener, English edn, London (written as a novel in direct speech).M.Goldsmith, 1931, Zeppelin: A Biography, New York.W.R.Nitshe, 1977, The Zeppelin Story, New York.F.Gütschow, 1985, Das Luftschiff, Stuttgart (a record of all the airships).JDSBiographical history of technology > Zeppelin, Count Ferdinand von
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6 Dunne, John William
SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace[br]b. 2 December 1875 Co. Kildare, Irelandd. 24 August 1949 Oxfordshire, England[br]Irish inventor who pioneered tailless aircraft designed to be inherently stable.[br]After serving in the British Army during the Boer War. Dunne returned home convinced that aeroplanes would be more suitable than balloons for reconnaissance work. He built models to test his ideas for a tailless design based on the winged seed of a Javanese climbing plant. In 1906 Dunne joined the staff of the Balloon Factory at Farnborough, where the Superintendent, Colonel J.E.Capper, was also interested in manned kites and aeroplanes. Since 1904 the colourful American "Colonel" S.F. Cody had been experimenting at Farnborough with manned kites, and in 1908 his "British Army Dirigible No. 1" made the first powered flight in Britain. Dunne's first swept-wing tailless glider was ready to fly in the spring of 1907, but it was deemed to be a military secret and flying it at Farnborough would be too public. Dunne, Colonel Capper and a team of army engineers took the glider to a remote site at Blair Atholl in Scotland for its test flights. It was not a great success, although it attracted snoopers, with the result that it was camouflaged. Powered versions made short hops in 1908, but then the War Office withdrew its support. Dunne and his associates set up a syndicate to continue the development of a new tailless aeroplane, the D 5; this was built by Short Brothers (see Short, Hugh Oswald) and flew successfully in 1910. It had combined elevators and ailerons on the wing tips (or elevons as they are now called when fitted to modern delta-winged aircraft). In 1913 an improved version of the D 5 was demonstrated in France, where the pilot left his cockpit and walked along the wing in flight. Dunne had proved his point and designed a stable aircraft, but his health was suffering and he retired. During the First World War, however, it was soon learned that military aircraft needed to be manoeuvrable rather than stable.[br]Bibliography1913, "The theory of the Dunne aeroplane", Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society (April).After he left aviation, Dunne became well known for his writings on the nature of the universe and the interpretation of dreams. His best known-work was An ExperimentWith Time (1927; and reprints).Further ReadingP.B.Walker, 1971, Early Aviation at Farnborough, Vol. I, London; 1974, Vol. II (provides a detailed account of Dunne's early work; Vol. II is the more relevant).P.Lewis, 1962, British Air craft 1809–1914, London (for details of Dunne's aircraft).JDS -
7 budget
1. сущ.1)а) фин., учет бюджет, смета, финансовый план (план доходов и расходов на определенный срок; может иметься в виду соответствующий план государства, региона, компании или отдельного домохозяйства)ATTRIBUTES:
municipal budget — муниципальный бюджет, бюджет муниципального образования
national [state\] budget — государственный бюджет
COMBS:
a budget data — бюджетные данные, бюджетная информация
an item in [on\] a budget — статья в бюджете
the budget debate; the debate on the budget — обсуждение бюджета
The budget debate [the debate on the budget\] lasted for two days. — Обсуждение бюджета продолжались два дня.
to submit [present\] a budget — предоставить бюджет на рассмотрение
to pass [approve\] the budget — принять [одобрить, утвердить\] бюджет
The council could refuse to set a legal budget which would result in its being unable to borrow money and pay its employees. — Совет может отказаться от составления официального бюджета, в результате чего не сможет брать кредиты и оплачивать труд своих служащих.
See:consumer budget 1), actual budget, administrative budget, adopted budget, advertising and promotion budget, advertising budget, alternative budget, annual budget, appropriated budget, bottom-up budget, balanced budget, bottom-up budgeting, baseline budget, capital budget, cash budget, civilian budget, Common Budget, complete budget, congressional budget, continuous budget, consolidated budget, consolidated cash budget, construction budget 1), cost of goods manufactured budget, cost of goods sold budget, current budget, defense budget, deficit budget, departmental budget, direct labour budget, direct materials budget, draft budget, executive budget, family budget, federal budget 1), financial budget, fixed assets budget, fixed budget, flexed budget, flexible budget, forecast budget, full-employment budget, functional budget, high-employment budget, household budget, incremental budget, labour budget, lame-duck budget, life-cycle budget, line-item budget, local budget, long-range budget, manufacturing overhead budget, marketing budget, master budget, materials budget, merchandise budget, military budget, national income accounts budget, non-appropriated budget, operating budget, original budget, overhead budget, partial budget, participative budget, performance budget, planned budget, president's budget, production budget, profit budget, pro forma budget, programme budget, promotion budget 1) а), project budget 1) а), proposed budget, publicity budget, purchasing budget, regulatory budget, revised budget, sales cost budget, selling and administrative expense budget, short-range budget, state budget, stock budget, supporting budget, surplus budget, tax expenditure budget, top-down budget, training budget 1) а), travel budget 1) а), Treasury Budget, unbalanced budget, unified budget, zero-based budget, budget analyst, budget balance, budget deficit, budget director, budget surplus, budget accountant, budget allocation, budget analysis, budget analyst, budget assumption, budget authority, budget balance, budget bill, Budget Bureau, budget category, budget classification, budget day, budget deficit, budget director, budget engineer, budget estimates, budget examiner, budget expenditures, budget line, budget message, budget officer, budget planning, budget price, budget process, budget programming, budget proposal, budget receipts, budget report, budget resolution, budget revenues, budget statement, budget variance, budget year, balance the budget, Congressional Budget Office, Financial Statement and Budget Report, off-budget, Office of Management and Budget, on-budget, budgeting, backdoor financing, highlightsб) фин., учет бюджет (план хозяйственный деятельности, выраженный не в денежных, а в натуральных единицах; напр., план производства, в котором данные о количестве использованных материалов, запасов незавершенного производства на конец и начало планируемого периода и количестве готовой продукции приводятся в физических (натуральных) единицах измерения: штуках, килограммах и т. п.)See:production budget, labour budget, materials budget, stock budget, quantitative budget, purchasing budget, budget accountant2) фин., учет бюджет (сумма, выделенная на реализацию какой-л. программы, осуществление проекта или покрытие каких-л. целевых расходов)ATTRIBUTES:
tight budget — напряженный [ограниченный, стесненный\] бюджет
to exceed [stretch\] a budget — выходить за пределы бюджета
to cut [reduce\] a budget — урезать [сократить\] бюджет
See:advertising budget, construction budget 2), consumer budget 2), administrative budget, budget level, advertising and promotion budget, federal budget 1), training budget 1) б), travel budget 1) б), total budget, publicity budget, promotion budget 1) б), project budget 1) б) budget constraint3) фин., учет бюджет, бюджетный фонд* (единый пул средств, образуемый в течение данного периода и предназначенный для покрытия ряда расходов)To get reimbursed from our budget for purchases, you must fill out a voucher form. — Чтобы получить возмещение стоимости покупки из нашего закупочного фонда, вы должны заполнить подтверждающий документ.
4) эк. прир. баланс (схема движения какого-л. ресурса и оценка его запаса на начало и конец периода)energy budget — энергетический баланс (количественное описание энергообмена в физической или экологической системе)
See:5) общ. запас, большое количество.2. гл.If you don't dedicate an adequate budget of time and money to marketing, it's unlikely you'll attract enough customers to sustain and grow your venture. — Маловероятно, что вам удастся привлечь достаточное количество клиентов, чтобы поддерживать и развивать свое предприятие, если вы не выделите на маркетинг достаточное количество времени и денег.
фин., учет намечать, планировать, составлять бюджет [смету\], бюджетировать; предусматривать [выделять\] в бюджете, ассигновать по бюджету (выделять в бюджете сумму на какую-л. цель)to budget expenditures — составлять бюджет [смету\] расходов
The council is budgeting for a 25% increase in expenditure on roads. — Совет планирует двадцатипятипроцентное увеличение расходов на дороги.
How will I know how much to budget for my entire cruise vacation? — Как я узнаю, какие средства нужно выделить на весь круиз?
The university had to budget for an increase in the number of students. — Университету пришлось предусмотреть в бюджете средства на увеличение числа студентов.
See:3. прил.1) эк. дешевый, недорогой; экономичныйbudget price — низкая [невысокая\] цена
Syn:See:budget price 1)2) общ. малобюджетный, имеющий ограниченный бюджет, с ограниченными средствамиSee:
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бюджет: 1) детальный план (предполагаемые размеры) расходов и доходов правительства на новый финансовый год; 2) прогноз финансового положения предприятия (компании) в течение определенного периода; расчет материальных затрат и потребностей; обычно расчет идет от бюджета производства и материальных затрат к наличному бюджету и далее - к расчетному балансу компании и счету прибылей; 3) смета расходов и доходов по проекту, мероприятию; см. balanced budget; 4) экономичный, на основе продуманного бюджета, дешевый (напр., бюджетный отдых (budget holiday)).* * *• /vt/ ассигновать• бюджет* * *бюджет; смета; финансовая смета; планируемые расходы; план по расходам; план по расходам и доходам. Детальная смета финансовой деятельности, например, рекламный бюджет (смета расходов на рекламу), план сбыта, бюджет капиталовложений (смета инвестиций в основной капитал) . ассигновать; предусматривать в бюджете Словарь экономических терминов .* * *Финансы/Кредит/Валюта-----роспись денежных доходов и расходов государства, предприятия на определенный период, утвержденный в законодательном порядке см. bdgt-----количественное выражение плана, помощь для его координации и воплощения -
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наступление, наступательный бой; атака; нападение; удар; стрельба; воздействие; высадка десанта; группировка сил и средств для наступательных действий [удара]; наступать; атаковать; наносить удар; нападать; поражать ( цели) ; обстреливать; воздействовать; см. тж. assault, offensive, strikeattack from (march) column (formations) — наступление с ходу [марша]
attack in (successive) waves — наступление с последовательным вводом эшелонов; высадка (морского) десанта «волнами»;
— ballistic missile attack— bombing-missile air attack— chemical agent attack— close-in attack— converging axis attack— illuminated night attack— limited objective attack— low-level bombing attack— low-low attack— massive air attack— massive attack— massive ground attack— multiple pronged attack— night-time bombing attack— nonilluminated night attack— toss air attack— toxic chemical attack— two-prong ed attack -
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боевое обеспечение; охранение; защита; сохранение тайны; обеспечение секретности; безопасность; служба безопасности, контрразведка; охрана общественного порядка -
11 Fokker, Anthony Herman Gerard
SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace[br]b. 6 April 1890 Kediri, Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia)d. 23 December 1939 New York, USA[br]Dutch designer of German fighter aircraft during the First World War and of many successful airliners during the 1920s and 1930s.[br]Anthony Fokker was born in Java, where his Dutch father had a coffee plantation. The family returned to the Netherlands and, after schooling, young Anthony went to Germany to study aeronautics. With the aid of a friend he built his first aeroplane, the Spin, in 1910: this was a monoplane capable of short hops. By 1911 Fokker had improved the Spin and gained a pilot's licence. In 1912 he set up a company called Fokker Aeroplanbau at Johannistal, outside Berlin, and a series of monoplanes followed.When war broke out in 1914 Fokker offered his designs to both sides, and the Germans accepted them. His E I monoplane of 1915 caused a sensation with its manoeuvrability and forward-firing machine gun. Fokker and his collaborators improved on the French deflector system introduced by Raymond Saulnier by fitting an interrupter gear which synchronized the machine gun to fire between the blades of the rotating propeller. The Fokker Dr I triplane and D VII biplane were also outstanding German fighters of the First World War. Fokker's designs were often the work of an employee who received little credit: nevertheless, Fokker was a gifted pilot and a great organizer. After the war, Fokker moved back to the Netherlands and set up the Fokker Aircraft Works in Amsterdam. In 1922, however, he emigrated to the USA and established the Atlantic Aircraft Corporation in New Jersey. His first significant success there came the following year when one of his T-2 monoplanes became the first aircraft to fly non-stop across the USA, from New York to San Diego. He developed a series of civil aircraft using the well-proven method of construction he used for his fighters: fuselages made from steel tubes and thick, robust wooden wings. Of these, probably the most famous was the F VII/3m, a high-wing monoplane with three engines and capable of carrying about ten passengers. From 1925 the F VII/3m airliner was used worldwide and made many record-breaking flights, such as Lieutenant-Commander Richard Byrd's first flight over the North Pole in 1926 and Charles Kingsford-Smith's first transpacific flight in 1928. By this time Fokker had lost interest in military aircraft and had begun to see flight as a means of speeding up global communications and bringing people together. His last years were spent in realizing this dream, and this was reflected in his concentration on the design and production of passenger aircraft.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsRoyal Netherlands Aeronautical Society Gold Medal 1932.Bibliography1931, The Flying Dutchman: The Life of Anthony Fokker, London: Routledge \& Sons (an interesting, if rather biased, autobiography).Further ReadingA.R.Weyl, 1965, Fokker: The Creative Years, London; reprinted 1988 (a very detailed account of Fokker's early work).Thijs Postma, 1979, Fokker: Aircraft Builders to the World, Holland; 1980, English edn, London (a well-illustrated history of Fokker and the company).Henri Hegener, 1961, Fokker: The Man and His Aircraft, Letchworth, Herts.JDS / CMBiographical history of technology > Fokker, Anthony Herman Gerard
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12 Sopwith, Sir Thomas (Tommy) Octave Murdoch
SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace[br]b. 18 January 1888 London, Englandd. 27 January 1989 Stockbridge, Hampshire, England[br]English aeronautical engineer and industrialist.[br]Son of a successful mining engineer, Sopwith did not shine at school and, having been turned down by the Royal Navy as a result, attended an engineering college. His first interest was motor cars and, while still in his teens, he set up a business in London with a friend in order to sell them; he also took part in races and rallies.Sopwith's interest in aviation came initially through ballooning, and in 1906 he purchased his own balloon. Four years later, inspired by the recent flights across the Channel to France and after a joy-ride at Brooklands, he bought an Avis monoplane, followed by a larger biplane, and taught himself to fly. He was awarded the Royal Aero Society's Aviator Certificate No. 31 on 21 November 1910, and he quickly distinguished himself in flying competitions on both sides of the Atlantic and started his own flying school. In his races he was ably supported by his friend Fred Sigrist, a former motor engineer. Among the people Sopwith taught to fly were an Australian, Harry Hawker, and Major Hugh Trenchard, who later became the "father" of the RAF.In 1912, depressed by the poor quality of the aircraft on trial for the British Army, Sopwith, in conjunction with Hawker and Sigrist, bought a skating rink in Kingston-upon-Thames and, assisted by Fred Sigrist, started to design and build his first aircraft, the Sopwith Hybrid. He sold this to the Royal Navy in 1913, and the following year his aviation manufacturing company became the Sopwith Aviation Company Ltd. That year a seaplane version of his Sopwith Tabloid won the Schneider Trophy in the second running of this speed competition. During 1914–18, Sopwith concentrated on producing fighters (or "scouts" as they were then called), with the Pup, the Camel, the 1½ Strutter, the Snipe and the Sopwith Triplane proving among the best in the war. He also pioneered several ideas to make flying easier for the pilot, and in 1915 he patented his adjustable tailplane and his 1 ½ Strutter was the first aircraft to be fitted with air brakes. During the four years of the First World War, Sopwith Aviation designed thirty-two different aircraft types and produced over 16,000 aircraft.The end of the First World War brought recession to the aircraft industry and in 1920 Sopwith, like many others, put his company into receivership; none the less, he immediately launched a new, smaller company with Hawker, Sigrist and V.W.Eyre, which they called the H.G. Hawker Engineering Company Ltd to avoid any confusion with the former company. He began by producing cars and motor cycles under licence, but was determined to resume aircraft production. He suffered an early blow with the death of Hawker in an air crash in 1921, but soon began supplying aircraft to the Royal Air Force again. In this he was much helped by taking on a new designer, Sydney Camm, in 1923, and during the next decade they produced a number of military aircraft types, of which the Hart light bomber and the Fury fighter, the first to exceed 200 mph (322 km/h), were the best known. In the mid-1930s Sopwith began to build a large aviation empire, acquiring first the Gloster Aircraft Company and then, in quick succession, Armstrong-Whitworth, Armstrong-Siddeley Motors Ltd and its aero-engine counterpart, and A.V.Roe, which produced Avro aircraft. Under the umbrella of the Hawker Siddeley Aircraft Company (set up in 1935) these companies produced a series of outstanding aircraft, ranging from the Hawker Hurricane, through the Avro Lancaster to the Gloster Meteor, Britain's first in-service jet aircraft, and the Hawker Typhoon, Tempest and Hunter. When Sopwith retired as Chairman of the Hawker Siddeley Group in 1963 at the age of 75, a prototype jump-jet (the P-1127) was being tested, later to become the Harrier, a for cry from the fragile biplanes of 1910.Sopwith also had a passion for yachting and came close to wresting the America's Cup from the USA in 1934 when sailing his yacht Endeavour, which incorporated a number of features years ahead of their time; his greatest regret was that he failed in his attempts to win this famous yachting trophy for Britain. After his retirement as Chairman of the Hawker Siddeley Group, he remained on the Board until 1978. The British aviation industry had been nationalized in April 1977, and Hawker Siddeley's aircraft interests merged with the British Aircraft Corporation to become British Aerospace (BAe). Nevertheless, by then the Group had built up a wide range of companies in the field of mechanical and electrical engineering, and its board conferred on Sopwith the title Founder and Life President.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsKnighted 1953. CBE 1918.Bibliography1961, "My first ten years in aviation", Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society (April) (a very informative and amusing paper).Further ReadingA.Bramson, 1990, Pure Luck: The Authorized Biography of Sir Thomas Sopwith, 1888– 1989, Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens.B.Robertson, 1970, Sopwith. The Man and His Aircraft, London (a detailed publication giving plans of all the Sopwith aircraft).CM / JDSBiographical history of technology > Sopwith, Sir Thomas (Tommy) Octave Murdoch
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