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Blackburn Aircraft
Blackburn Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer that concentrated mainly on naval and maritime aircraft during the first part of the twentieth century.
The origin of Blackburn is with Robert Blackburn who built his first aircraft in 1908. The Blackburn Aeroplane & Motor Company was...
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Blackburn Buccaneer
The Blackburn Buccaneer was a British low-level strike aircraft with nuclear weapon capability serving with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force between 1962 and 1994, including service in the 1991 Gulf War. Designed and initially produced by...
Maiden flight:
- Apr 30, 1958
Introduced:
- Jul 17, 1962
Aircraft type:
Length:
- 19.3294 m (63.4167 ft )
Maximum Speed:
- 1,038.02688 km/h (645.00516 mph ) ,
- 1,073.43245 km/h (667.005336 mph )
Fairey Barracuda
The Fairey Barracuda was a British carrier-borne torpedo- and dive bomber used during the Second World War, the first of its type to be fabricated entirely from metal. It was introduced to the Fleet Air Arm as a replacement for the Fairey Swordfish...
Maiden flight:
- Dec 7, 1940
Introduced:
- 1943
Length:
- 12.192 m (40 ft )
Maximum Speed:
- 337.96224 km/h (210.00168 mph )
Blackburn Roc
The Blackburn B-25 Roc was a British Second World War-era Fleet Air Arm fighter aircraft designed by Blackburn Aircraft Ltd. It took its name from the mythical bird of the tales of the Arabian Nights, the Roc.
The Roc was originally to have been...
Maiden flight:
- Dec 23, 1938
Introduced:
- Apr 1939
Designed by:
Length:
- 10.8458 m (35.5833 ft )
Blackburn Skua
The Blackburn B-24 Skua was a carrier-based low-wing, 2-seater, single piston engine aircraft operated by the British Fleet Air Arm which combined the functions of a dive bomber and fighter. It was designed in the mid-1930s, and saw service in the...
Maiden flight:
- Feb 9, 1937
Introduced:
- Nov 1938
Length:
- 10.8458 m (35.5833 ft )
Maximum Speed:
- 362.1024 km/h (225.0018 mph )
Handley Page HP.88
The Handley Page HP.88 was a British research aircraft, built for Handley Page to test the aerodynamics of the Victor design and was essentially a scaled-down version of that aircraft.
The project was built to Air Ministry Specification E.6/48 as a...
Maiden flight:
- 1951
Aircraft type:
Length:
- 12.192 m (40 ft )
Blackburn Ripon
The Blackburn T.5 Ripon was a British carrier-based torpedo bomber and reconnaissance biplane which first flew in 1926. It was used by the Fleet Air Arm as a torpedo bomber from 1930 until 1935. Ripons were also sold to Finland, where they continued...
Maiden flight:
- 1926 ,
- Apr 17, 1926
Aircraft type:
Length:
- 11.2014 m (36.75 ft )
Blackburn Shark
The Blackburn Shark was a British carrier-borne torpedo bomber built by the Blackburn Aircraft company in England. It first flew on 24 August 1933 and went into service with the Fleet Air Arm, Royal Canadian Air Force, Portuguese Navy, and the...
Maiden flight:
- Aug 24, 1933
Introduced:
- 1934
Length:
- 10.7442 m (35.25 ft )
Blackburn B-20
The Blackburn B-20 was an experimental aircraft, first flying in 1940, that attempted to drastically increase the performance of flying boat designs. Blackburn Aircraft undertook an independent design study based on a patent filed by their chief...
Maiden flight:
- Mar 1940
Designed by:
Length:
- 21.2344 m (69.6667 ft )
Maximum Speed:
- 492.45926 km/h (306.00245 mph )
Blackburn Iris
The Blackburn Iris was a 1926 British biplane flying boat.
The Iris Mark V was developed into the aircraft that subsequently became the Blackburn Perth.
Data from Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1918-57
General characteristics
Performance
Armament...
Maiden flight:
- 1926
Blackburn Beverley
The Blackburn B-101 Beverley was a 1950s British heavy transport aircraft built by Blackburn and General Aircraft.
Designed and built by General Aircraft as the GAL.60 Universal Freighter, the first aircraft was dismantled at the Feltham, Middlesex...
Maiden flight:
- Jun 20, 1950
Introduced:
- 1955
Aircraft type:
Designed by:
Length:
- 30.3022 m (99.4167 ft )
Maximum Speed:
- 383.02387 km/h (238.0019 mph )
Blackburn Baffin
The Blackburn B-5 Baffin biplane torpedo bomber was a development of the Ripon, the chief change being that a 545 hp (406 kW) Bristol Pegasus I.MS radial replaced the Ripon's Napier Lion water-cooled inline engine.
The Baffin was designed by Major F...
Maiden flight:
- Sep 30, 1932
Introduced:
- 1934
Aircraft type:
Blackburn B-54 / B-88
The Blackburn B-54 and B-88 were prototype carrier-borne Anti-submarine warfare aircraft of the immediate post Second World War-era developed for the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA). They shared a conventional monoplane design with a mid-mounted...
Length:
- 13.208 m (43.333 ft )
Maximum Speed:
- 516.59942 km/h (321.00257 mph )
Blackburn Firebrand
The Blackburn Firebrand was a single-engine fighter aircraft designed to Air Ministry Specification N.11/40 by Blackburn Aircraft. It was designed around the Napier Sabre III 24-cylinder H-type engine as a single-seat fleet fighter for the Royal...
Maiden flight:
- Feb 27, 1942
Introduced:
- 1943
Aircraft type:
Length:
- 11.9126 m (39.0833 ft )
Maximum Speed:
- 563.2704 km/h (350.0028 mph )
Blackburn Segrave
The Blackburn B-1 Segrave was a 1930s British twin-engine four-seat touring aircraft built by Blackburn Aircraft.
The aircraft was designed by the racing driver (and world land speed record holder) Sir Henry Segrave as a twin-engine four-seat...
Maiden flight:
- 1930 ,
- May 28, 1930
Aircraft type:
Length:
- 8.6868 m (28.5 ft )
Maximum Speed:
- 222.08947 km/h (138.0011 mph )
Blackburn Kangaroo
The Blackburn R.T.1 Kangaroo was a British twin-engine reconnaissance torpedo biplane built by Blackburn Aircraft of the First World War.
In 1916, the Blackburn Aircraft Company designed and built two prototypes of an anti-submarine floatplane...
Maiden flight:
- 1918
Introduced:
- 1918
Aircraft type:
Length:
- 13.462 m (44.167 ft )
Maximum Speed:
- 157.71571 km/h (98.000784 mph )
Blackburn R.1
The Blackburn R-1 Blackburn was a 1920s British single-engine fleet spotter/reconnaissance aircraft built by Blackburn Aircraft.
The Blackburn was developed to meet a naval requirement (Specification 3/21) for a carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft...
Maiden flight:
- 1922
Introduced:
- 1923
Aircraft type:
Length:
- 11.0236 m (36.1667 ft )
Maximum Speed:
- 196.33997 km/h (122.00098 mph )
Blackburn Botha
The Blackburn B.26 Botha was a British four-seat reconnaissance and torpedo bomber. It was built by Blackburn Aircraft as a competitor to the Bristol Beaufort, and entered service with the RAF in 1939. It was underpowered and was quickly withdrawn...
Maiden flight:
- Dec 28, 1938
Introduced:
- Dec 12, 1939
Aircraft type:
Length:
- 15.5829 m (51.125 ft )
Blackburn Firecrest
The Blackburn B-48 Firecrest or YA.1 was a single-engine naval strike fighter built by Blackburn Aircraft. It was a development of the troublesome B-35 Firebrand. It was designed to Air Ministry Specification S.28/43, for an improved Firebrand more...
Maiden flight:
- Apr 1, 1947
Aircraft type:
Length:
- 11.99998 m (39.37 ft )
Maximum Speed:
- 614.76941 km/h (382.00306 mph )
Mitsubishi B2M
The Mitsubishi B2M was a Japanese carrier-based torpedo bomber of the 1920s and 30s. It was built by Mitsubishi to a design by Blackburn Aircraft of Britain and was operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy.
In 1927, the Japanese company Mitsubishi...
Aircraft type:
Wingspan:
- 15.2146 m (49.9167 ft )
Length:
- 10.2616 m (33.6667 ft )
Maximum Speed:
- 213 km/h (132 mph )
Blackburn Velos
The Blackburn T.3 Velos was a 1920s British two-seat coastal defence seaplane built by Blackburn Aeroplane & Motor Company Limited, Brough Aerodrome and the Greek National Aircraft Factory.
The basic design of the Blackburn Dart was developed into a...
Maiden flight:
- 1925
Length:
- 10.8204 m (35.5 ft )
Maximum Speed:
- 172.19981 km/h (107.00086 mph )
Blackburn Dart
The Blackburn Dart was a British carrier-based torpedo bomber biplane, manufactured by Blackburn Aircraft, which first flew in 1921. The Dart was the standard single-seat torpedo bomber used by the Fleet Air Arm from 1923 until 1933. A modified...
Maiden flight:
- Oct 1921
Length:
- 10.7823 m (35.375 ft )
Maximum Speed:
- 172.19981 km/h (107.00086 mph )
Blackburn Perth
The Blackburn Perth was a British flying-boat during the inter-war period. It was essentially an upgraded Iris, hence the largest flying-boat to serve with the Royal Air Force at the time (and the largest biplane flying boat ever to serve with the...
Maiden flight:
- Oct 11, 1933
Length:
- 21.336 m (70 ft )
Blackburn Twin Blackburn
The Blackburn TB (for "Twin Blackburn") was one of the most specialized aircraft ever constructed - a long-range twin-engined anti-Zeppelin seaplane. It was Blackburn's first multi-engine aircraft to fly.
The first attacks by German bombing airships...
Length:
- 11.1252 m (36.5 ft )
Blackburn Lincock
The Blackburn F.2 Lincock was a British single-seat lightweight fighter produced by Blackburn Aircraft Limited.
In 1928 Blackburn designed and built a private venture lightweight biplane fighter powered by a Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IVC engine. The...
Length:
- 5.9436 m (19.5 ft )
Maximum Speed:
- 263.93242 km/h (164.00131 mph )
Blackburn Blackburd
The Blackburn Blackburd was a British prototype single-engine torpedo bomber developed by Blackburn Aircraft in 1918 as a replacement for the Sopwith Cuckoo. It was unsuccessful, only three being built.
In January 1918, the Admiralty issued...
Maiden flight:
- 1918
Aircraft type:
Length:
- 10.6172 m (34.8333 ft )
Blackburn Bluebird
The Blackburn L.1 Bluebird was a British single-engine biplane light trainer/tourer with side by side seating built in small numbers by Blackburn Aircraft in the 1920s.
The Bluebird L.1 was initially designed as a competitor in the Lympne light...
Length:
- 6.858 m (22.5 ft )
Blackburn Bluebird IV
The Blackburn Bluebird IV was a single-engine biplane light trainer/tourer biplane with side-by-side seating designed by Blackburn Aircraft. It was an all-metal development of the wooden Blackburn Bluebird I, II and II aircraft.
In 1929, Blackburn...
Length:
- 7.0612 m (23.167 ft )
Blackburn B-2
The Blackburn B-2 was a British biplane side-by-side trainer aircraft of the 1930s. Designed and built by Blackburn Aircraft, 42 were built.
The Blackburn B-2 was developed by Blackburn as a successor for its earlier Bluebird IV trainer, retaining...
Length:
- 7.3914 m (24.25 ft )
Blackburn Cubaroo
The Blackburn T.4 Cubaroo was a prototype British biplane torpedo bomber of the 1920s. Built by Blackburn Aircraft and intended to carry a large 21 in (533 mm) torpedo, the Cubaroo was one of the largest single-engined aircraft of the world at the...
Maiden flight:
- 1924
Length:
- 16.4592 m (54 ft )
Blackburn M.1/30
The Blackburn B-3 was a prototype British torpedo bomber designed and built by Blackburn Aircraft as a potential replacement for the Ripon. It was unsuccessful, with only the two prototypes being built.
In 1930, the British Air Ministry issued...
Maiden flight:
- Mar 8, 1932
Length:
- 12.1412 m (39.8333 ft )
Blackburn Mercury
The Blackburn Mercury was an early British aircraft designed as a pilot trainer for the Blackburn Flying School in 1911. It was an enlarged, two-seat version of the Second Monoplane that flew earlier that year. It was a mid-wing monoplane of...
Length:
- 10.0584 m (33 ft ) ,
- 10.06 m (33.01 ft )
Maximum Speed:
- 96.56064 km/h (60.00048 mph )
Blackburn Sydney
The Blackburn R.B.2 Sydney was a long-range maritime patrol flying boat developed for the Royal Air Force in 1930, in response to Air Ministry Specification R.5/27. It was a parasol-winged braced monoplane of typical flying boat arrangement with...
Maiden flight:
- Jul 18, 1930
Length:
- 19.9898 m (65.5833 ft )
Maximum Speed:
- 197.94931 km/h (123.00098 mph )
