Sopwith Pup N6161 Reborn

Andy Saunders lives in East Sussex and has been involved with historic aviation for over thirty years and is well known in the aircraft preservation and restoration field. He is also respected as a serious researcher and author and is a prolific contributor to the aviation press as well as having several books published. He is passionate about flying and history and regularly travels in search of historic aircraft and artefacts. He frequently acts as advisor or consultant to film and television companies, and has recently been appointed editor of Britain at War. Roy Palmer had an interest in aviation from a young age. His career progressed from engineering into a strategy consultancy, which eventually provided funds to extend the aviation interest. His friend, Guy Black, mentioned that he had the basis for the re-construction of a 1917 Sopwith Pup, with the original 1916/17 Sopwith Scout waxed-linen factory drawings, a le-Rhone engine, and a number of original parts, some originating directly from N6161. Research led him to archives of the German and British pilot who had that fateful encounter in 1917. Palmer wanted to tell the story of the aircraft, its reconstruction back to flight, and the stories of the two pilots who met over Flanders on that cold winter's day.