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1917 Royal Aircraft Factory SE5a

The SE5 fighter was designed by H P Folland at the Royal Aircraft Factory and became the most celebrated aeroplane to emerge from those workshops. A total of 5,205 was built including a number of two seat trainers. Unlike many contemporary rotary engined Sopwith and Nieuport fighters which were sensitive and tricky to handle, the SE5 was designed around a Hispano-Suiza V-8 and intended to be relatively stable and easy to fly for the sketchily trained pilots of the period. Continue reading