- Design and development
- Specifications (F.K.24 Baboon)
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
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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. Design and developmentUsing experience gained designing the Bantam, 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 170 hp (127 kW) 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 flown by Christopher Draper.[1] The Baboon was scrapped in 1920. Specifications (F.K.24 Baboon){{Aircraft specs
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}}Notes1. ^Flight 31 July 1919, pp.1021-1022.
2. ^Bruce 1957, p.75.
3. ^{{cite book|last=Grey|first=C.G.|title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1919|year=1969|publisher=David & Charles (Publishing) Limited|isbn=978-0-7153-4647-1 |pages=84a to 85a|edition=Facsimile}}
References{{refbegin}}- {{cite book|last=Grey|first=C.G.|title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1919|year=1969|publisher=David & Charles (Publishing) Limited|isbn=978-0-7153-4647-1 |pages=84a to 85a|edition=Facsimile}}
- {{cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |vauthors= |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)|year= |publisher= Orbis Publishing|location= |issn=}}
- {{cite magazine|title=Flying at Hendon|magazine=Flight|issue=31 July 1919|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1919/1919%20-%201019.html|pages=1021–1022}}
- {{cite magazine|title=Some "BAT" Aeroplanes|magazine=Flight|issue=1 January 1920|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1920/1920%20-%200020.html|pages=18–19}}
- {{cite book|last=Bruce|first=J.M.|title=British Aeroplanes 1914-18|publisher=Putnam|location=London|date=1957}}
- {{cite book |last= Jackson|first= A.J.|authorlink= |coauthors= |title= British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 1|year= 1974|publisher= Putnam|location= London|isbn=0-370-10006-9 }}
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