BAT F.K.26

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name = F.K.26
type = Biplane Transport
manufacturer = British Aerial Transport Company Limited


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designer = Frederick Koolhoven
first flight = 1919
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primary user = Instone Air Line
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number built = 4
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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.

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.

Operators

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*Instone Air Line operated 1 aircraft.

pecifications (F.K.26)

aircraft specification

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crew=1 (4 passengers)
length main= 34 ft 8 in
length alt= 10.57 m
span main= 46 ft 0 in
span alt= 14.02 m
height main= 11 ft 3 in
height alt=3.43 m
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max takeoff weight main= 4,500 lb
max takeoff weight alt= 2041 kg
engine (prop)=Rolls-Royce Eagle VII
type of prop= piston
number of props=1
power main= 250 hp
power alt= 261 kw
max speed main= 122 mph
max speed alt= 196 km/h
range main= 600 miles
range alt= 966 km
ceiling main= 8,000 ft
ceiling alt= 2440 m
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References

*cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)|year= |publisher= Orbis Publishing|location= |issn=
*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

External links

* [http://www.britishaircraft.co.uk/aircraftpage.php?ID=829 British Aircraft Directory]

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F.K.23 Bantam • F.K.24 Baboon • F.K.26 • F.K.27 • F.K.28 Crow
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