The BAT F.K.24 Baboon was a British two-seat training
biplane
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produced by
British Aerial Transport Company Limited of
London
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during
World War I
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Design and development
Using 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
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and an
uncowled 170 hp (127 kW)
ABC Wasp engine
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Available energy sources include potential energy (e.g. energy of the Earth's gravitational field as exploited in hydroelectric power ge ...
. 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.
[''Flight'' 31 July 1919, pp.1021-1022.] The Baboon was scrapped in 1920.
Specifications (F.K.24 Baboon)
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Koolhoven aircraft
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1910s British military trainer aircraft
Baboon
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Biplanes
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Koolhoven aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1918