The AD Scout, also known as the Sparrow, was designed by Harris Booth of the British Admiralty's Air Department as a fighter to defend Britain from Zeppelin bombers during the First World War. It was a very unconventional aircraft: a biplane with a fuselage pod mounted on the upper wing, a twin-rudder tail carried on four booms and an extremely narrow-track undercarriage. The primary armament was meant to be a 2-pounder recoilless Davis gun, but it was never fitted. Four prototypes were ordered in 1915, and two each were built by Hewlett and Blondeau and by the Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Company. Trials by Royal Naval Air Service pilots at Chingford proved the aircraft seriously overweight, fragile, sluggish and difficult to handle, even on the ground, so the project was abandoned and all four prototypes were scrapped.
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two each were built by Hewlett & Blondeau and the Blackburn Aeroplane & Motor Company
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designed by Harris Booth of the British Admiralty's Air Department
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Four prototypes were ordered in 1915
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The AD Scout (also known as the Sparrow) was designed by Harris Booth of the British Admiralty's Air Department as a fighter aircraft to defend Britain from Zeppelin bombers during World War I. == Design and development == The
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The project was abandoned, and all four prototypes were scrapped.
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two each were built by Hewlett & Blondeau and the Blackburn Aeroplane & Motor Company
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designed by Harris Booth of the British Admiralty's Air Department
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two each were built by Hewlett & Blondeau and the Blackburn Aeroplane & Motor Company
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The AD Scout (also known as the Sparrow) was designed by Harris Booth of the British Admiralty's Air Department as a fighter aircraft to defend Britain from Zeppelin bombers during World War I. == Design and development == The
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The AD Scout (also known as the Sparrow) was designed by Harris Booth of the British Admiralty's Air Department as a fighter aircraft to defend Britain from Zeppelin bombers during World War I. == Design and development == The
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