The Mercury was the third aircraft built by Robert
Blackburn. Powered by a 50hp Isaacson radial engine,
it was a two-seater and ... read more ... |
Blackburn Mercury 1911 |
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Harris Booth Air Department of the Admiralty (or A.D.) designed this
distinctly odd anti-airship fighter for naval use. Although of
conventional wood ... read more ... |
Blackburn A.D. Scout 1915 |
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Technically a fighter, the Blackburn TB was one of the most specialized
aircraft ever built - a long-range twin-engined anti-Zeppelin floatplane.
This ... read more ... |
Blackburn T.B. 1915 |
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Designed by Harris Booth, who was also responsible
for the A.D. Scout, the Blackburn single-seat fighter triplane
was intended to carry a ... read more ... |
Blackburn Triplane 1917 |
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Blackburn R.T.1 Kangaroo 1918 |
The Blackburn Kangaroo was originally designed as a naval reconnaissance and bomber seaplane, but was later converted to
a landplane. Twenty-four ... read more ... |
The state of aircraft carriers, or more correctly, aircraft-carrying ships in
1916 was such that a large and heavy aircraft such ... read more ... |
Blackburn Blackburd 1918 |
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The Dart was the FAA's standard single-seat torpedo bomber from 1923 to 1933. Similar to the Blackburn Swift but with ... read more ... |
Blackburn T.2 Dart 1921 |
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The Blackburn Bluebird was the first British side-by-side
two-seater to enter production and 79 were built in
various marks with engines ranging ... read more ... |
Blackburn L.1 Bluebird 1924 |
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Blackburn 2F.1 Nautilus 1929 |
A two-seat shipboard fighter-reconnaissance aircraft
designed by F A Bumpus to Specification 0.22/26, the Nautilus was of all-metal construction with duralumin
and ... read more ... |
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Blackburn B-1 Segrave 1930 |
Four-seat cabin monoplane powered by two 89kW de Havilland Gipsy Ills or similar engine. Six aircraft only: the prototype built ... read more ... |
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Blackburn B-2 1932 |
Two-seat (side-by-side) all-metal biplane trainer with a monocoque fuselage and fabric-covered wings. Entire output of 42 aircraft produced for pilot ... read more ... |
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Blackburn B-6 Shark 1933 |
The Shark was a carrier-borne torpedo biplane with a buoyant metal-skinned fuselage and a 521.5kW Armstrong Siddeley Tiger IV two-row ... read more ... |
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Blackburn B-24 Skua 1937 |
The Skua was the Fleet Air Arm's first fighter/dive-bomber and its first operational monoplane. The Skua was also the first ... read more ... |
The Botha was designed for Coastal Command RAF as a three-seat twin-engined reconnaissance-bomber, able to carry a torpedo internally or ... read more ... |
Blackburn B-26 Botha 1938 |
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Blackburn B-25 Roc 1938 |
The Roc was a two-seat Fleet fighter/dive-bomber developed from the Skua but with a wider rear fuselage to accommodate a ... read more ... |
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