Musi wa18 December 1910, Sopwith akahwina mubayiro we£ 4,000 wokufamba nendege refu kupfuura dzose kubva kuEngland kuenda kuContinent ari mundege yokuBritain.
Chokwadika, shanduro yakaoma kunzwisisa zvikuru yemutsara wacho ndeiyi: "Musi wa18 December 1910, Sopwith akahwina mubayiro we£4000 nokuda kwokubhururuka kwakarebesa kubva kuEngland kuenda kuKondinendi ari mundege yakavakwa neBritain, achibhururuka makiromita 272 mumaawa matatu nemaminitsi 40".