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Blackburn Aircraft was founded by Robert Blackburn and Jessy Blackburn, who built his first aircraft in Leeds in 1908 with the company's Olympia Works at Roundhay opening in 1914. [1] [2] The Blackburn Aeroplane & Motor Company was created in 1914 [3] and established in a new factory at Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire in 1916. [4]
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The production aircraft were designated Blackburn I and the first deliveries to the Fleet Air Arm at Gosport began in April 1923. 18 more Blackburn Is were built in 1923–1924. [3] Its first operational deployment was with No. 422 Fleet Spotter Flight, which deployed aboard HMS Eagle in the Mediterranean in 1923.
Surprisingly, this aircraft reverted to the "triple steering wheel" control of the Blackburn Second Monoplane. [1] It was first flown by Harold Blackburn on 14 December 1913. [7] Since these two Type I machines had flown well, Blackburn produced the Improved Type I first seen [8] at the Olympia Aero show in March 1914. Its forward fuselage was ...
The Blackburn B-24 Skua was a carrier-based low-wing, two-seater, single-radial engine aircraft by the British aviation company Blackburn Aircraft.It was the first Royal Navy carrier-borne all-metal cantilever monoplane aircraft, as well as the first dive bomber in Fleet Air Arm (FAA) service. [2]
Robert Blackburn, OBE, FRAeS (26 March 1885 – 10 September 1955) was an English aviation pioneer and the founder of Blackburn Aircraft. [ 1 ] Early life and education
The Blackburn B-101 Beverley is a heavy transport aircraft produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Blackburn Aircraft.It was notably the only land-based transport aeroplane built by Blackburn, a company that otherwise specialised in producing naval fighter aircraft.
The Blackburn Type D, sometimes known as the Single Seat Monoplane, was built by Robert Blackburn at Leeds in 1912. It is a single-engine mid-wing monoplane . Restored shortly after the Second World War , it remains part of the Shuttleworth Collection [ 1 ] and is the oldest British flying aeroplane.