Editing Sopwith Tabloid (section)

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{{Infobox aircraft
 |name = Tabloid/Schneider
 |image = File:Sopwith Schneider.jpg
 |caption =
 |type = Sports/scout aircraft
 |national_origin= United Kingdom
 |manufacturer = [[Sopwith Aviation Company]]
 |designer =[[Fred Sigrist]]
 |first_flight = 1913
 |introduction = 1914
 |retired = 1918
 |status =
 |primary_user = [[Royal Flying Corps]]
 |more_users = [[Royal Naval Air Service]]
 |produced =
 |number_built = About 42 Tabloids, 136 Schneiders<ref name="Bruceiv p847"/>
 |variants = [[Sopwith Baby]]
}}

The '''Sopwith Tabloid''' and '''Sopwith Schneider''' (floatplane) were British [[biplane]]s, originally designed as sports aircraft and later adapted for military use. They were among the first successful types to be built by the [[Sopwith Aviation Company]]. The "[[Tabloid (newspaper format)|Tabloid]]", so named because of its small size, caused a sensation when it made its first public appearance.

A [[floatplane]] variant was prepared in under a month and entered for the 1914 [[Schneider Trophy]] race where it was piloted by [[Howard Pixton]]. This aircraft won the competition against minimal opposition.<ref name=BruceDatafile1>Bruce, 1996, p.1</ref>

Production orders for both types were placed by the military, and although a few [[Gnome Lambda]]-powered Tabloids saw limited service in the early war years, some Schneiders were still in Naval service four years later, at the end of the [[First World War]].