The Pup was hurriedly designed to help end German air supremacy and went into service at first with the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) and later the Royal Flying Corps during late 1916. It had excellent performance and handling characteristics all on a rotary engine of a mere 80hp. The RNAS used Pups for take-off and landing trials on platforms fitted to ships at sea, the first steps in the development of aircraft carriers. The Shuttleworth machine was originally a post WW1 Sopwith Dove, a two seat conversion for the civil market. Richard Shuttleworth acquired it in 1936 and rebuilt it as a Pup. During 2004 it was extensively restored and finished to represent a Beardmore built machine equipped with Le Prieur rockets.
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