Wight Aircraft No.2 Navyplane Pusher Seaplane
John Samuel White and Company Limited (Wight Aircraft) Wight No.2 Navyplane (Modified) Pusher Seaplane Biplane 200HP Salmson Parked at Kiel, Germany During Celebrations of the Opening of the Kiel Canal only a Few Weeks before WW1.Pilot Mr Gordon England is on a Ladder with 2 Sopwith Mechanics Helping him - the Wingtips of a Sopwith Bat-Boat Are on the Right Side. the 2 Aircraft Were Sold to Germany As the UK Royal Naval Air Service Would Not Buy Them and UK Government Did Not Forsee the Imminent Outbreak of War
Picture No
11958544
Media ID
44934644
Size
4800px x 2532px
(2.9MB)
Credit
© aviation-images.com / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Philip Jarrett from the aviationimages.com collection
Date
1914
