The AD Scout/Sparrow was an anti-zeppelin fighter designed by Harris Booth for the Royal Naval Air Service.
It was an unconventional design as it was a biplane with the cockpit pod mounted over the upper wing, a rudder tail was held by four booms and featured an extremely narrow track undercarriage. It was intended to be armed with a recoilles Davis Gun but it was never fitted. Four prototypes were manufactured by Hewlett & Blondeau and the Blackburn Aeroplane & Motor Company.
After the trials conducted by the Royal Naval Air Service it was found to be seriously heavy, fragile, sluggish and hard to pilot, even on ground, that's why the project was abandoned and the prototypes were scrapped.
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