Founded in 1917 by Samuel (later Lord) Waring in premises
previously occupied by Joucques Aviation Company. The
British Aerial Transport Company's chief designer was
Frederick Koolhoven, formerly with Sir W. G. Armstrong,
Whitworth & Company Ltd. His first design for the new
company was the BAT F.K.22 Bat, a small single-seat
fighter. Failure of the ABC Mosquito engine
F.K.23 (Bantam I)
for which it
was designed resulted in a new and smaller aircraft being
created, the F.K.23 Bantam, powered by the ABC Wasp.
Only nine production aircraft were built, and none saw wartime. Other BAT designs included the F.K.24 Baboon,
F.K.25 Basilisk and, finally, the F.K.26, a civil transport aircraft
with accommodation for four passengers, of which
only four were built. The F.K.27 was a single side-by-side,
two-seat variant of the Bantam. When the company was
disbanded postwar, its assets were distributed between
Alliance Aeroplane Company Ltd. and Nieuport & General
Aircraft Company, also founded by Samuel Waring.
