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Sopwith Camel or another?

Roy,

This is a Sopwith Camel Replica and is normally based at Hood Aerodrome in Masterton New Zealand. The civil registration code for this aircraft is ZK-JMU.

For more information please see:

http://www.kiwiaircraftimages.com/camel.html

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=11191981

I attended the air show, referred to in the second article, and posted photos of all four aircraft mentioned. The Camel was difficult to capture due to its frequent very sharp right hand turns.

That would be the famous Camel right turn due to the torque of the engine.
BTW have you ever read Biggles books Peter?
They basically give the entire rundown of the characteristics of a Camel.

The Biggles books, that’s going back a long time!

The Camel featured in the “Peanuts” comic strip with Snoopy hunting the Rad Baron’s Fokker Tri-plane in his trusty Camel.
http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/peanuts/images/f/f3/Pe651010.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20131128194000

Those books are actually still being printed amazingly!