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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.

The Dingbat, otherwise known as the Taylor Watkinson Ding-Bat, 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.

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.

Data from British Civil Aircraft since 1919

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