British Aerial Transport Company Limited (BAT) was a British aircraft manufacturer from its formation in 1917 to its closure in 1919. The company was based at
Willesden
Willesden () is an area of northwest London, situated 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Charing Cross. It is historically a parish in the county of Middlesex that was incorporated as the Municipal Borough of Willesden in 1933, and has formed ...
, London.
History
The company was formed in 1917 by
Samuel Waring around the combined knowledge of
Frederick Koolhoven
Frederick (Frits) Koolhoven (11 January 1886 – 1 July 1946) was an aircraft designer in Britain and his native Netherlands.
Koolhoven was born in Bloemendaal, Netherlands. After training as an engineer in Liège and Antwerp, he worked from 19 ...
as Chief Designer, and
Robert Noorduyn as Chief Draughtsman. Koolhoven's first design for the company was the F.K.22 fighter. In 1919 Lord Waring reduced his aviation interests and this forced the closure of the company. The fourth F.K.26 was the last aircraft built by the company.
Aircraft designs
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BAT F.K.22 (1918) Single-engine single-seat fighter aircraft
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BAT F.K.23 Bantam (1918) Single-engine single-seat fighter
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BAT F.K.24 Baboon (1918) Single-engine biplane training aircraft
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BAT Basilisk (F.K.25) (1918) Single-engined single-seat fighter aircraft
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BAT F.K.26
The BAT F.K.26 was a British single-engined four-passenger biplane transport aircraft produced by British Aerial Transport Company Limited of London at the end of World War I.
Design and development
As the First World War drew to a close the a ...
(1919) Single-engine four-passenger biplane transport aircraft
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BAT F.K.27 (1919) Two-seat single engine sporting biplane
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BAT F.K.28 Crow (1920) Single-engine single-seat ultralight aircraft
References
* ''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)''. London: Orbis Publishing.
* Jackson, A.J. ''British Civil Aircraft Since 1919 Volume 1''. London: Putnam, 1974. .
External links
Koolhoven aircraft.
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