10/31/2023. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "The Sopwith Antelope was one of the first passenger transport aircraft, behind the pilot's open cockpit was a cabin seating two passengers. The Antelope had a simple V-type landing gear, but initially it had a pair of front wheels to protect the propeller and prevent the machine from nosing over on landing. Built at Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, it was first flown, powered by a 200 hp Wolseley Viper eight-cylinder liquid-cooled V-engine, from Brooklands Aerodrome, Weybridge in 1919.
Registered G-EASS, the Antelope received its CofA on August 10, 1920. That month it participated in the Air Ministry Small Commercial Aeroplane Competition held at Martlesham Heath in Suffolk. Piloted by Harry G. Hawker, it was awarded the second prize of £3,000. Piloted by F.P. Raynham, it won the Surrey Open Handicap Race at Croydon on June 5, 1922. The sole Sopwith Antelope was deregistered from the British register on April 4, 1923.
