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Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith, CBE, Hon FRAeS (18 January 1888 – 27 January 1989) was an English aviation pioneer and yachtsman. ==Early life== Sopwith was born in Kensington, London on 18 January 1888. He was the eighth child and only son of Thomas Sopwith (a civil engineer) & his wife Lydia Gertrude née Messiter. He was educated at Cottesmore School in Hove and at Seafield Park engineering college in Hill Head. When he was ten years old, whilst on a family holiday on the Isle of Lismore, near Oban in Scotland, a gun lying across young Thomas's knee went off, killing his father. This accident haunted Sopwith for the rest of his life. Sopwith was interested in motor cycles, and took part in the 100-mile Tricar trial in 1904 where he was one of four medal winners.〔.〕 He also tried hot air ballooning, his first ascent being in C.S. Rolls' balloon in June 1906.〔.〕 Together with Phil Paddon he bought his own hot air balloon from Short Brothers.〔 For a while he was in business with Phil Paddon selling automobiles as Paddon & Sopwith, Albermarle St, Picadilly, London.〔 In his youth, he was an expert ice skater and played in goal during Princes Ice Hockey Club's 1908 match with C. P. P. Paris and during the 1909–10 season.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.eurohockey.net/players/show_player.cgi?serial=98083 )〕 He was also a member of the Great Britain national ice hockey team that won the gold medal at the first ever European Championships in 1910. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Sopwith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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