British Aircraft Manufacturing
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aircraft manufacturer based at London Air Park
London Air Park
London Air Park, also known as Hanworth Air Park, was a grass airfield, operational 1917-1919 and 1929-1947. It was situated on the southeastern edge of Feltham, now part of the London Borough of Hounslow...
, Hanworth
Hanworth
Hanworth lies to the south east of Feltham in the London Borough of Hounslow. The name is thought to come from the Anglo Saxon words “haen” and “worth”, meaning “small homestead”....
, Middlesex
Middlesex
Middlesex is one of the historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. The low-lying county contained the wealthy and politically independent City of London on its southern boundary and was dominated by it from a very early time...
, England
England
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aircraft manufacturer Klemm
Klemm
The Klemm Leichtflugzeugbau GmbH was a German aircraft manufacturer noteworthy for sports and touring planes of the 1930s.The company was founded in Böblingen in 1926 by Dr...
developed a successful low powered light aeroplane, the Klemm L.25, which first flew in 1927. Several were sold to British owners, where they proved popular, so the British dealer for the L.25, Major E.F Stephen, set up the British Klemm Aeroplane Company at Hanworth, Middlesex to produce a version of the L.25 under license.
British Aircraft Swallow
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, first flew in November 1933 . The company's first aircraft design was the B.K. Eagle
British Aircraft Eagle
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a single-engine cabin monoplane, although similar to the Klemm L.32 was designed by G.H. Handasyde.
The company changed name in 1935 to the British Aircraft Manufacturing Company and new variants of the Swallow and Eagle were designated as the British Aircraft Swallow and Eagle (or B.A Swallow and B.A. Eagle).
The company then followed with a side-by-side two-seat monoplane, the B.A.3 Cupid
British Aircraft Cupid
The British Aircraft Cupid was a two seat, single-engined monoplane, a smaller version of the B.A. Eagle designed for touring and training. Only one was built.-Design and development:...
, but only one was built. The last aircraft produced was the 1936 B.A.IV Double Eagle a six-seat twin-engined high-wing monoplane, only three were built.
Aircraft
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- British Aircraft EagleBritish Aircraft Eagle-External links:* *...
- British Aircraft CupidBritish Aircraft CupidThe British Aircraft Cupid was a two seat, single-engined monoplane, a smaller version of the B.A. Eagle designed for touring and training. Only one was built.-Design and development:...
- British Aircraft Double Eagle