Blackburn Aircraft
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| Fate | acquisition and merger |
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| Successor | Hawker Siddeley Group |
| Founded | 1914 |
| Defunct | 1960 |
| Location | Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Industry | aviation, aircraft engines |
Blackburn Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer that concentrated mainly on naval and maritime aircraft.
History
The origin of Blackburn is with Robert Blackburn who built his first aircraft in 1908. The Blackburn Aeroplane & Motor Company was created in 1914. A new factory was built at Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire in 1916. Through the acquisition of the Cirrus-Hermes company in 1937. Blackburn started producing aircraft engines - the Blackburn Cirrus range. The name was changed to Blackburn Aircraft Limited in 1939, and the company amalgamated with General Aircraft Limited in 1949 as Blackburn and General Aircraft Limited. By 1958 the name was Blackburn Aircraft Limited. It was absorbed into Hawker Siddeley in 1960 as part of the rationalisation of British aircraft manufacturers, and the Blackburn name was dropped completely in 1963.
Aircraft
- Blackburn First Monoplane
- Blackburn Mercury
- Type I (1913)
- AD Scout - Admiralty designed anti-Zeppelin aircraft
- R.T.1 Kangaroo (1918) - reconnaissance / torpedo bomber
- Blackburd (1918)
- T.1 Swift (1920) - floatplane torpedo bomber
- R.1 Blackburn (1924) - naval spotter / reconnaissance aircraft
- T.B Twin Blackburn
- T.3 Velos (1926) - floatplane
- T.2 Dart (1927) - floatplane
- T.4 Cubaroo
- Blackburn Bubaroo
- R.B.1 Iris - flying boat
- R.B.2 Sydney - flying boat
- R.B.3 Perth - flying boat
- R.2 Airedale
- T.5 Ripon (1926) - naval reconnaissance / torpedo bomber
- F.1 Turcock (1928) - fighter
- F.2 Lincock - fighter
- 2F.1 Nautilus (1929)
- Blackburn T.7B
- B-1 Segrave (1930)
- B-2 Bluebird - biplane trainer
- Blackburn Bluebird IV
- Blackburn B-2 (1932)
- Blackburn M.1/30 (B-3) - naval torpedo bomber
- T.8 / B-5 Baffin (1933) - naval torpedo bomber
- T.9 / B-6 Shark (1934) - naval torpedo bomber
- B-7 (1934) - general-purpose biplane
- B-24 Skua (1937) - naval fighter / dive bomber
- B-25 Roc (1938) - naval turret fighter
- B-26 Botha (1939) - reconnaissance / torpedo bomber & crew trainer
- B-20 (1940) - retractable-hull flying boat
- B-37 Firebrand F Mk.I (1942) - naval fighter
- B-45 Firebrand TF Mk.II (1943) - naval strike fighter
- B-46 Firebrand TF Mk.IV (1945) - naval strike figher
- B-48 Firecrest (Y.A.1) (1947) - naval strike fighter
- B-54 (Y.A.5, Y.A.7, Y.A.8) (1949) - naval anti-submarine aircraft
- B-88 (Y.B.1) (1950) - naval anti-submarine aircraft
- B-101 Beverley (1950) - General Aircraft designed military transport
- B-103 Buccaneer (1958) - naval strike aircraft
- Blackburn B-107 - proposed 4 engine military transport
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