Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Sopwith Atlantic was an experimental British long-range aircraft of 1919. It was a single engined biplane that was designed and built to be the first aeroplane to cross the Atlantic Ocean non-stop. It took off on an attempt to cross the Atlantic from Newfoundland on 18 May 1919, but ditched during the attempt owing to an overheating engine. In 1913, the British Newspaper the Daily Mail offered a prize of 10,000 for the first flight across the Atlantic. Although plans were drawn up to attempt to win the prize, notably by Rodman Wanamaker, who ordered two Curtiss America flying boats, with John Cyril Porte selected to be the pilot, the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914 put a stop to these plans. Following the Armistice ending the War on 11 November 1918, the competition was re-opened, Thomas Sopwith, the head of the Sopwith Aviation Company decided to build an aircraft to compete for the prize.

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