From the Nov. 10, 2014, Press (U.K.) "First World War fighter plane, the Eastchurch Kitten is restored at Yorkshire Air Museum" by Haydin Lewis.
It was a little-known fighter of 1917. The Eastchurch Kitten only had three prototypes built and would have been forgotten except in the early 1980s, a very faded and sketchy print of its plans was found.
Some plane enthusiasts decided to build one and the project really took off in 2012. Their reproduction was planned as a non-flying exhibit for the First World War Centenary.
It was originally an Admiralty project in the war to design a high altitude fighter to combat the German Zeppelin Airships.
--Fly Me to the Zep. --Cooter
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