Sopwith, Sir Thomas (Octave Murdoch)
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born Jan. 18, 1888, London, Eng.
died Jan. 27, 1989, Compton Manor, near Winchester, Hampshire
British aircraft designer.
He taught himself to fly in 1910 and won a prize for the longest flight to the European continent. In 1912 he founded Sopwith Aviation Company, Ltd., which in World War I built such planes as the Camel, the Pup, and the Triplane. His Hawker Aircraft Company produced the Hurricane fighter of World War II and later the Harrier, a vertical-takeoff jet fighter. He was chairman of the Hawker Siddeley Group, successor to his earlier company, until 1963.
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