More Bat... Planes
Updated June 14, 2008

De Havilland DH100 Vampire DeHavilland DH100 Vampire Mk III (C. Slater) Aircraft shown is 17058 painted as 17012 in the markings of RCAF 442 SQD - an auxillary Fighter SQD equipped with Vampires until October 1956 at Sea Island, BC. This a/c is currently displayed at the Canadian Museum of Flight, Langley BC. De Havilland DH100 Vampire Mk III (Mike Graf ) This B&W image is the actual 17012 at Sea Island, Vancouver, July 1956. Note "claws" that have been painted on the drop tanks. Thanks to Mike Graf (sabrebat@yahoo.com)

Sadler 'VAMPIRE'

SZD-20 'Wampir 2' (Vampire) Tailess Glider made in Poland - 1965

Northrop JB-1 BAT JB-1A (JB-1 Pictured) Power Bomb was designed as a ground-launched, pilotless airplane with a pre-programmed guidance system. This onboard system was to guide the Power Bomb with reasonable accuracy to a target approximately 200 miles away, at which point it was to make a terminal dive into the target zone with its bomb load. The design ordnance consisted of two 2,000-pound demolition bombs, one in each wing root container. http://www.wmof.com/jb1.htm

McDonnell XP-67 BAT The McDonnell XP-67 was a prototype for a twin-engine, long range, single-place fighter aircraft with a pressurized cockpit. The aircraft was unusual in that the design team sought to maintain true aerofoil sections throughout the entire fighter including the center fuselage and merging the rear portions of the engine nacelles with the wing. A number of armament configurations were considered before the configuration of six 37 mm cannon was chosen.

Bell Aircraft - Advanced - Tiltrotor (BAT) Developed as a proposal for the Army's 1984 LHX light helicopter program. It was rejected since it could not meet the weight requirements.

Sikorsky (SH-34) HSS-1 Seabat The Sikorsky S-58 was developed from the Sikorsky's UH-19 Chickasaw. The aircraft first flew on March 8, 1954. Designated HSS-1 Seabat (anti-sub) and HUS-1 Seahorse (utility transport) under the USN designation system.

Wright Brothers Bat toy (1878)

British Aerial Transport Company Ltd. (B.A.T.) British Aerial Transport Co. Std. was formed in 1917 by Samuel Waring who employed Frederick Koolhoven as his Chief Designer, Koolhoven's first design for the company was the F.K.22 fighter. The fourth F.K.26 was the last aircraft built by the company.Upper Row: Advertisement & BAT FK 26 Commercial; Lower Row: BAT FK 22 Bantam Mk1 (left); BAT FK 25 Basalisk (right)

The word 'bat' appears on many a/c (Real bat nose-art can be found here) P-61 (left): P-61A of the 548th NFS (named "Bat outa Hell"; Davis and Menard, 1990). P-51B (right) 364th FS, 357th FG. "Bat Cave" Flown by Lt. Sumner, Named for hometown of Bat Cave, NC.