The Watkinson Dingbat was a 1930s

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Design and development

The Dingbat, otherwise known as the Taylor Watkinson Ding-Bat, was a low-wing monoplane powered by a

Carden-Ford __NOTOC__ The Carden-Ford was a 1930s British aero-engine modified from a Ford motor car engine by Carden Aero Engines The company saw a need for a cheap low-powered propulsion unit for ultralight aircraft and the engine was an adaptation of the ...

engine. It had a single-seat open cockpit and a fixed conventional landing gear. It was built at Teddington in Middlesex and

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''G-AFJA'' it was first flown at

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in June 1938. It was stored during the

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, but restored to flying condition in 1959. After a crash in 1975, it was rebuilt, and was still registered in 2010.

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* * {{refend 1930s British civil utility aircraft Ultralight aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1938 Low-wing aircraft Single-engined tractor aircraft