British Aerial Transport Company Limited was a British

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 aircraft manufacturer from its formation in 1917 to its closure in 1919. The company was based at Willesden

Willesden

Willesden is an area in North West London which forms part of the London Borough of Brent. It is situated 5 miles north west of Charing Cross...

, London.

History

The company was formed in 1917 by Samuel Waring

Baron Waring

Baron Waring, of Foots Cray in the County of Kent, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 18 June 1922 for the businessman Sir Samuel Waring, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a Baronet, of Foots Cray Place in the County of Kent, in the Baronetage of the United...

 around the combined knowledge of Frederick Koolhoven as Chief Designer, and Robert Noorduyn

Robert B.C. Noorduyn

Robert B.C. Noorduyn was an aircraft designer and manufacturer.-Early life:...

 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

• BAT F.K.22  (1918) Single-engine single-seat fighter aircraft
• BAT F.K.23 Bantam (1918) Single-engine single-seat fighter
• BAT F.K.24 Baboon
  BAT Baboon
  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.-Design and development:...
  
   (1918) Single-engine biplane training aircraft
• BAT Basilisk
  BAT Basilisk
  |-See also:-References:*"." Flight, 8 May 1919, p. 616.*"". Flight, 1 January 1920, pp. 18, 19.*Bruce, J.M. British Aeroplanes 1914-18. London:Putnam, 1957....
  
   (F.K.25) (1918) Single-engined single-seat fighter aircraft
• BAT F.K.26
  BAT F.K.26
  -External links:** Contemporary technical description with drawings.-See also:...
  
    (1919) Single-engine four-passenger biplane transport aircraft
• BAT F.K.28 Crow
  BAT Crow
  -See also:...
  
  (1920) Single-engine single-seat ultralight aircraft

External links

• British Aircraft Directory