Watkinson Dingbat

Dingbat
Role Single-seat ultralight monoplane
National origin United Kingdom
Manufacturer Taylor Watkinson Aircraft Company
Designer E.T. Watkinson and C.W. Taylor
First flight June 1938
Number built 1

The Watkinson Dingbat was a 1930s British ultralight monoplane designed by E.T. Watkinson and C.W. Taylor.[1]

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Design and development

The Dingbat, otherwise known as the Taylor Watkinson Ding-Bat,[2] was a low-wing monoplane powered by a 30 hp (22 kW) Carden Ford engine. It had a single-seat open cockpit and a fixed conventional landing gear. It was built at Teddington in Middlesex and registered G-AFJA it was first flown at Heston Aerodrome in June 1938.[1][3]

It was stored during the Second World War, but restored to flying condition in 1959. After a crash in 1975, it was rebuilt, and was still registered in 2010.[3]

Specifications

Data from British Civil Aircraft since 1919 [1]

General characteristics

Performance

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Jackson 1974, p. 331
  2. ^ a b c d e f Ord-Hume 2000 pp.483-4
  3. ^ a b "Registration History - G-AFJA". United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority. http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=detailnosummary&fullregmark=AFJA. Retrieved 2009-11-29. 

Bibliography

  • Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 3. London: Putnam. ISBN 0 370 10014 X. 
  • Ord-Hume, Arthur W.J.G. (2000). British Light Aeroplanes. Peterborough: GMS Enterprises. ISBN 1 870384 76 8 5. 
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