BAT Baboon
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The BAT F.K.24 Baboon was a British
two-seat training biplane
produced by British Aerial Transport Company Limited
of London
during World War I
.
, aircraft designer Frederick Koolhoven (assisted by Robert Noorduyn) designed an elementary trainer
, a two-bay biplane known as the F.K.24 Baboon. The aircraft had a flat-sided fuselage
and an uncowled
170hp (127kW) ABC Wasp
engine. Six aircraft were planned but only one was built in July 1918. The only notable act was when it won the Hendon Trophy Race over a 20-mile (32-km) circuit in July 1919. The Baboon was scrapped in 1920.
United Kingdom
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two-seat training biplane
Biplane
A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two superimposed main wings. The Wright brothers' Wright Flyer used a biplane design, as did most aircraft in the early years of aviation. While a biplane wing structure has a structural advantage, it produces more drag than a similar monoplane wing...
produced by British Aerial Transport Company Limited
British Aerial Transport
British Aerial Transport Company Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer from its formation in 1917 to its closure in 1919. The company was based at Willesden, London.-History:...
of London
London
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during World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
.
Design and development
Using experience gained designing the BantamBAT Bantam
-External links:** Contemporary technical description of F.K.23 Bantam with photographs and drawings.-See also:...
, aircraft designer Frederick Koolhoven (assisted by Robert Noorduyn) designed an elementary trainer
Trainer (aircraft)
A trainer is a class of aircraft designed specifically to facilitate in-flight training of pilots and aircrews. The use of a dedicated trainer aircraft with additional safety features—such as tandem flight controls, forgiving flight characteristics and a simplified cockpit arrangement—allows...
, a two-bay biplane known as the F.K.24 Baboon. The aircraft had a flat-sided fuselage
Fuselage
The fuselage is an aircraft's main body section that holds crew and passengers or cargo. In single-engine aircraft it will usually contain an engine, although in some amphibious aircraft the single engine is mounted on a pylon attached to the fuselage which in turn is used as a floating hull...
and an uncowled
Cowling
A cowling is the covering of a vehicle's engine, most often found on automobiles and aircraft.A cowling may be used:* for drag reduction* for engine cooling by directing airflow* as an air intake for jet engines* for decorative purposes...
170hp (127kW) ABC Wasp
ABC Wasp
-See also:-Bibliography:* Lumsden, Alec. British Piston Engines and their Aircraft. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1-85310-294-6....
engine. Six aircraft were planned but only one was built in July 1918. The only notable act was when it won the Hendon Trophy Race over a 20-mile (32-km) circuit in July 1919. The Baboon was scrapped in 1920.