Engine: Bentley BR.2 rotary in 1918 Sopwith Snipe

The Vintage Aviator's Sopwith F.7 Snipe, a WW1 fighter from 1918 is started. The Bentley BR.2 rotary engine is then run-up before the aircraft taxis away. Hood Aerodrome, Masterton, New Zealand. For more info on this engine see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentley_BR2 -- http://www.aviationfilm.com Copyright © 2014 Historical Aviation Film Unit This video material may not be reproduced in any form (except as an embedded video on any other website), without the written permission of the Historical Aviation Film Unit.