Walter George Tarrant
Walter George Tarrant was a British "Builder"[1] born in Gosport, 8 April 1875 and deceased in Wales, 18 March 1942. He was active with lightweight frame construction, generally, and in its military applications. This veered naturally into his work with the fuselage of the airplane. His work perhaps culminated, though tragically, in his building of the "Tarrant Tabor", an immense triplane bomber , first flown 26 May 1919, with said flight ending in a crash with fatalities. Of note, this aircraft was manufactured by W.G. Tarrant Ltd, though designed by Walter Barling.
We have him specifically located at Lake House, Byfleet, Surrey, United Kingdom.[2] This is the location from which he did most of his filing, international and otherwise.
He seems to have moved beyond frames and fuselage into various other aspects of airplane design. His branching into work pertinent to the airplane straddles the late of our years of primary focus, ultimately with citings (made in later years) referring back to his earlier material. Throughout, wood is key to his light-weight work with aircraft fuselage. He sometimes files in collaboration with Walter Henry Barling, an aeronautical engineer located at "Cabar", Petersham Avenue, Byfleet, Surrey.[3] We also have him filing with Émile Bouillon, and again, another self-described per se aeronautical engineer.[4]
- Walter George Tarrant on English Wikipedia
- Walter George Tarrant on Dutch Wikipedia
- Tarrant Tabor on English Wikipedia
Patents whose inventor or applicant is Walter George Tarrant
- Patent GB-1917-127665 (English title: Improvements in the Construction of Girders, Beams, Struts and the like for Air Craft and other purposes, Filing date: 1917-05-17)
- Patent GB-1917-127844 (English title: Improvements in the Construction of and Method of Joining Together, Girders, Beams, Struts and other Frame Members of Air-ships, Filing date: 1917-05-26)
- Patent GB-1917-130623 (English title: Improvements in or connected with Aeroplane Fuselages, Filing date: 1917-11-27)
- Patent GB-1918-124893 (English title: Improvements in or connected with the Steering or Controlling of Aircraft by way of a balanced rudder, Filing date: 1918-04-04)
- Patent GB-1918-124894 (English title: Improvements in Means for Operating the Stabilizing or Steering Devices for Aeroplanes, Filing date: 1918-04-04)
- Patent GB-1918-124304 (English title: Improvements in Landing Skids for Aeroplanes or similar Aircraft, Filing date: 1918-04-05)
- Patent GB-1918-124966 (English title: Improvements in the Attaching and Securing of Coverings to the Wing Framing or other Parts of Flying Machines or to the Framing of Airships, Filing date: 1918-06-11)
- Patent ES-1919-69237 (English title: Improvements in fuselage or armature of airplanes, Filing date: 1919-03-08)
- Patent NL-1919-5367 (English title: Wooden girder, Filing date: 1919-03-12)
- Patent CA-1919-192594 (English title: Wooden beam, Filing date: 1919-03-18)
- Patent DK-1919-27363 (English title: Lightweight, built-in wooden beam, Filing date: 1919-04-11)
- Patent AU-1919-1099819 (English title: Improvements in or connected with aeroplane fuselages, Supplementary to patent: Patent GB-1917-130623, Filing date: 1919-05-05)
- Patent DK-1919-25941 (English title: Frame for aircraft body, Filing date: February 2021)
References
| Names | Walter George Tarrant |
|---|---|
| Birth date | 1875/04/04 |
| Death date | 1942/03/18 |
| Countries | CA, DE, ES, FR, GB, NL, US |
| Locations | Gosport, Hampshire, United Kingdom ; Lake House, Byfleet, Surrey, United Kingdom |
| Occupations | Entrepreneur, Industrialist, Engineer |
| Tech areas | Construction, Frame, Wood, Fuselage, Airplane, Biplane, Triplane, Landing, Stability, Steering, Control, Chassis, Military, Airship, LTA, Rudder, Equilibrium, Construction, Lift, Wings, Aerodynamics |
| Affiliations | W.G. Tarrant Ltd |
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