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Batchelor

A. Batchelor


History

Albert Batchelor, born on 7 July 1869 at Frindsbury, Kent, built his aircraft in his spare time at the cement works, which he owned in Strood, near Rochester, Kent, starting work in September 1909. It was taken to Eastchurch when ready in July 1910. The machine had not flown by October and was abandoned.

Batchelor died 15 January 1960 in Cornwall

Company References
  1. British Aircraft Before The Great War, Michael H. Goodall and Albert E. Tagg (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2001)
  2. http://ancestry.co.uk/




Project Data top

Project No
Type No
Name
Alternative Name(s)
Year
Spec
Status
Qty
Description
References
     Monoplane    1909    Pro(n)  1  1S, 1E tractor monoplane  1,2,3

Project References
  1. British Aircraft Before The Great War, Michael H. Goodall and Albert E. Tagg (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2001)
  2. British Aircraft 1809-1914, Peter Lewis (Putnam, 1962)
  3. Flight, 2 Jul 1910



Production Data

   Total Batchelor Production     1   

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