saw this and thought of good ol clipper

**sirosis o liver** · 05-27-2012 14:12

SOPWITH PYTHON
With the operational success of the “Camel”, the Sopwith design team set out to produce their most radical and ambitious fighter yet
The Sopwith Python took to the air in September of 1918. Despite its unorthodox look the” Python” was a structurally sound machine. Highly maneuverable and armed with four belt fed Vickers machine guns, twice the firepower of most of its German counterparts, the Python was an unnerving sight to the German Imperial Air Service. Placing the two power plants beside each other counteracted the problem of gyroscopic rotation that plagued the F1 “Camel”. Landings proved to be more difficult as both pilots concentrated on working in tandem with each other. Usually the crewman on the port side flew the machine while the crewman on the starboard side kept both Bentley power plants firing. The duel controls were interchangeable

Only a handful of Pythons were produced and only two found their way to combat squadrons on the Western front. There are no reported combat victories by either machine.
No examples of this unique aircraft survive today
the only picture i could find is by our very own rOEN911

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**clipper1801** · 05-27-2012 20:18

ooooo! a new gauntlet has been tossed! I did the Me 109 zwilling as well as the P-82 and the best was the He-111Z five engine tow plane for the Me 332(?) I also have been known to throw together an occaisional Caproni triple triplane Ca 60 I think it was, thanks for the temptation, I do have a pair of Shapeways Sopwith tripes primed . . .
Clipper in rehab