Sopwith Antelope

The Sopwith Antelope was a three-seat transport biplane built in 1919 and 1920, of which a single example was made. The Sopwith Aviation Company developed it from the Wallaby long-range aircraft, which in turn derived from the Atlantic that had crashed during the attempt to cross the Atlantic non-stop. It was a single-engined tractor biplane with two-bay wings and a 180 hp Wolseley Viper V8 engine. The pilot sat in an open cockpit under the trailing edge of the wing, in front of an enclosed cabin for two passengers on wicker seats facing each other. The Antelope was shown at the 1920 Olympia Aero show, received its certificate of airworthiness on 10 August 1920 and won second prize of 3,000 pounds in the Air Ministry small commercial aircraft competition.