BAT F.K.26

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F.K.26
Type	Biplane Transport
Manufacturer	British Aerial Transport Company Limited
Designed by	Frederick Koolhoven
Maiden flight	1919
Primary user	Instone Air Line
Number built	4

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.

Contents 1 Design and development 2 Operators 3 Specifications (F.K.26) 4 References 5 External links 6 See also

[edit] Design and development

As the First World War drew to a close the aircraft designer Frederick Koolhoven designed a civil four-passenger wooden and fabric transport, the F.K.26. The four passengers had an enclosed cabin and the pilot sat above and behind the cabin in an open cockpit. The prototype (Registered K-102) first flew in April 1919. The second aircraft was displayed at First Air Traffic Exhibition in Amsterdam in July 1919. The third machine (also known as the BAT Commercial Mk 1) was displayed at the Olympia Aero Show in July 1920. The fourth aircraft (Registered G-EAPK), built in November 1919, was the last aircraft produced by the British Aerial Transport Company (BAT). G-EAPK was sold to Instone Air Line and was based at Croydon Airport for charter work and scheduled services to Paris.

When the company closed, Koolhoven returned to Netherlands. He later bought G-EEAI (the prototype) and exhibited it at the 1937 Netherlands Aero Show.

[edit] Operators

 United Kingdom

• Instone Air Line operated 1 aircraft.

[edit] Specifications (F.K.26)

General characteristics

• Crew: 1 (4 passengers)
• Length: 34 ft 8 in (10.57 m)
• Wingspan: 46 ft 0 in (14.02 m)
• Height: 11 ft 3 in (3.43 m)
• Max takeoff weight: 4,500 lb (2041 kg)
• Powerplant: 1× Rolls-Royce Eagle VII piston, 250 hp (261 kw)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 122 mph (196 km/h)
• Range: 600 miles (966 km)
• Service ceiling 8,000 ft (2440 m)

[edit] References

• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing. 
• Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 1. London: Putnam. ISBN 0 370 10006 9. 

[edit] External links

• British Aircraft Directory

[edit] See also

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