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Boultbee
Harold Dalton Boultbee, of Burton -on-Trent, and James
Gardiner, of Woolton, Liverpool, designed a single-seater, midwing monoplane, with a fuselage constructed of steel tubing
in 1909. The wing was constructed of wood and warping was used for lateral control. The control system was covered by patent
No. 14990/1909. The undercarriage, fitted with long coil springs, was raked well forward as a precaution, owing to uncertainty
about the fore and aft balance. It was to be retractable in flight and was covered by patent No. 17291/1909. A tall strut
with tail wheel was fitted.
The partners separated and work on the machine was stopped at an advanced stage.
Boultbee later held various senior design positions at Bristol and Handley Page and for a time, between the wars, had his own company, the Civilian Aircraft Co.
Company References - British Aircraft
Before The Great War, Michael H. Goodall and Albert E. Tagg (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2001)
Project Data 
Project No | Type No | Name | Alternative
Name(s) | Year | Spec | Status | Qty | Description | References | | | | Monoplane | | 1909 | | Pro(n) | 1 | 1S,
1E tractor monoplane | 1 |
Project References - British Aircraft
Before The Great War, Michael H. Goodall and Albert E. Tagg (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2001)
Total Boultbee Production 1
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