It crashed on take off in 1917. What else is there to say?
This huge triplane was the first and the only aircraft manufactured by WG Tarrant Byfleet, Surrey, whose regular business was building houses.
Designed by Walter Barling to conduct bombing missions over Berlin, it was still under construction at the end of the First World War.
Four of the six Napier Lion motors were arranged in two groups in tandem in the fuselage between the lower wing and the central wing, two single motors being placed between this plane and the upper wing. The median wing was wider than the other two wings.
Because of its great height (about 11.35 m), Tabor had been constructed under the Royal Aircraft Factory at Farnborough and moved on tracks using carts. When the unit was ready for its first flight, a controversy arose about the weight distribution and a heavy ballast was mounted in the front. In late May 1919, Captain FG Dunn lifted the double tail plan of the device to take off, but when he opened his engines, Tabor nosed instantly killing the pilot and co-pilot.
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/yachtclubdesavionsdelaroute/?fref=nf
http://jn.passieux.free.fr/html/Tabor.php
http://www.greyhandgang.com/
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