Aircraft

A selection of pictures of aircraft seen at Croydon throughout it's history

Taylor Watkinson Aircraft

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.

(above) for several years during the 1950's, 'D Hangar' was home to a 'Watkinson Dingbat'. (below) a later picture c1957 after being moved out of the hanger.