Tarrant Tabor

The Tarrant Tabor was a British bomber triplane which was designed towards the end of the First World War and was briefly the world's largest aircraft. It crashed fatally on its first flight.

triplane, the Tarrant Tabor, 73' 3" long with a wingspan of 131' 3" and an overall height of 37' 3", designed to bomb Berlin.1
The Tarrant Tabor was a British bomber triplane, which was designed towards the end of the First World War and was briefly the world's largest aircraft.2
was the Tarrant Tabor that was was originally intended as another Berlin bomber, it was to be capable of carrying an even heavier bomb load than the Handley Page 3
Tarrant Tabor - The Tabor was grotesque, a massive misfit of an experimental bomber that predictably came to grief on its first flight.4

Made by Walter George Tarrant.

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The tri-plane he named the Tarrant Tabor was over 73ft (22m) in length, 37ft (11m) in height and had a wingspan of 131ft (40m) and was built at his works in Byfleet.6
six 450hp Napier Lion-powered Tarrant Tabor began in the latter stages of World War I. It was intended to carry a 700kg bombload to Berlin from an English airfield.7
The Tarrant Tabor: A "Flight" Magazine Evaluation ; "I am the Pilot in that Photo" ; A South African at War: Reminiscences of Lieut. John H.8
Height Main
1135.3799999999999
Designer
Walter Barling
Length Alt
22.31 m
Jet Or Prop
prop
Range Main
1
200 miles
Loaded Weight Main
44672.0
Height Alt
11.36 m
Type Of Prop
12
Loading Main
9
Power/mass Main
215.99999999999997
Range More
estimated with 10
000 lb fuel and 9
000 load
Bombs
approximately 4
600 lb planned
Capacity
9000
Max Speed Main
over 96 knots
Ceiling Main
13000.0
Number Built
1
Crew
Six
Span Main
4000.5
Area Main
4950.0
Primary user
RAE
Span Alt
40.02 m
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Power Alt
336.0
Engine(prop)
Napier Lion
Manufacturer
Walter George Tarrant
First Flight
26
Loaded Weight Alt
20305.0
More Performance
45210.0
Number Of Props
6
Power/mass Alt
Empty Weight Alt
11250.0
Length Main
2230.12
Area Alt
460 m²
Power Main
450 hp
Max Speed Alt
6600.0
Empty Weight Main
24750.0
Ceiling Alt
3
970 m
Category
Abandoned military aircraft projects of the United Kingdom
Aircraft manufactured by the United Kingdom
British bomber aircraft 1910-1919
Pusher aircraft
Triplane aircraft
Loading Alt
44

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