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Blackburn Aircraft
Model	Date	Detail
First Monoplane	1909	Single-engine, single-seat high-wing monoplane aircraft.
Second Monoplane	1911	Single-engine midwing monoplane aircraft.
Mercury	1911	Single-engine, two-seat midwing monoplane training aircraft.
Type B	1912	Single-engine, two-seat midwing monoplane training aircraft.
Type D	1912	Single-engine single-seat mid-winged monoplane.
Type E	1912	single-engine, midwing metal-framed monoplane.
Type I	1913	Monoplane (both land and seaplane).
Type L	1914	Single-engine two-seat biplane seaplane
AD Scout	1915	Fighter.
Twin Blackburn	1915	Twin-fuselage, two-engine, two-seat anti-Zeppelin seaplane.
General Purpose	1916	Twin engine three seat seaplane biplane anti-submarine patrol bomber.
Triplane	1916	Blackburn designed triplane version of Scout.
White Falcon	1916	Single-engine two-seat mid-wing monoplane.
Blackburd	1918	Single-engine, single-seat biplane torpedo bomber.
N.1B	1918	Single-engine single seat biplane flying boat escort bomber (started; not finished; never flew).
RT1 Kangaroo	1918	Reconnaissance / torpedo bomber. Twin engined biplane. 20 built.
Sidecar	1919	Single-engine two-seat mid wing monoplane ultra light.
T1 Swift	1920	Floatplane torpedo bomber.
T2 Dart	1921	Torpedo bomber. Single seater biplane powered by a 450 hp Napier Lion IIB or the 465 hp Napier Lion V engine. Developed from the Swift. Total production was 117 aircraft.
Alula D.H.6.	1921	Experimental aircraft to test the Alula wing using an Airco DH.6 fuselage
Alula Semiquaver.	1921	Single-engine Alula wing conversion of the Martinsyde Semiquaver.
R1 Blackburn	1922	Maritime reconnaissance with a crew of three. Single engined biplane powered by 33 of MkI and 29 MkII produced. Powered by 450 hp Napier Lion IIB or the 465 hp Napier Lion V engine.
Pellet	1923	Single-engine single-seat biplane Schneider racer
Blackburn T.4 Cubaroo	1924	The Blackburn T.4 Cubaroo was a prototype British biplane torpedo bomber of the 1920s.
T.3 Velos	1925	Single-engine, two-seat biplane bomber floatplane.
R.2 Airedale	1925	Single-engine three-seat high-wing monoplane reconnaissance.
T5 Ripon II/IIa	1926	Torpedo bomber with two crew. Designed to replace the Dart. Powered by 570 hp Napier Lion engine. There were 96 aircraft produced.
Sprat	1926	Single-engine two-seat biplane advanced trainer.
Bluebird Light Seaplane	1927
RB1 Iris	1927	Flying boat for long-range reconnaissance. Three-engined with five crew biplane. Existed as versions I to V. Powered by three 650 hp Rolls-Royce Condor III; 675 hp Condor IIIa or 675 hp Condor IIIb;
Bluebird	1928	Single-engine, two-seat biplane training/touring aircraft.
Lincock	1928	Single seater fighter.
Turcock	1928	Single seater fighter.
Beagle	1928	Single-engine two-seat two-seat biplane bomber.
Bluebird VI	1929	Single-engine, two-seat biplane training/touring aircraft.
Nautilus	1929	Single-engine two-seat engine biplane fighter.
RB2 Sydney	1930	Three Engined Monoplane Flying boat for long-range reconnaissance.
Blackburn B-1 Segrave	1930	Two-engine, four-seat low-wing monoplane touring aircraft.
B2 Bluebird	1932	Biplane trainer. 36 built with six going to Portugal.
B-3	1932	Single-engine, two-seat biplane naval torpedo bomber.
C.A.15C	1932	Twin-engine ten passenger high-wing monoplane/ biplane airliner.
Shark T-9	1933	Single-engine, three-seat carrier-based biplane torpedo bomber.
T.8 Baffin/T.5 Baffin	1934	Carrier based torpedo bomber. Two crew single-engined biplane. Basically a re-engined Ripon. Powered by 565 hp Pegasus IM3 engine. 29 Baffins built but another 68 Ripons were converted.
RB3 Perth	1934	Flying boat for long-range reconnaissance. Three-engined with five crew biplane. Powered by 825 hp Rolls-Royce Buzzard IIMS. Only four built.
F.3	1934	Single-engine single-seat biplane fighter: built, never flew.
B-7	1934	General-purpose biplane
B-6 Shark	1935	Torpedo bomber and reconnaissance. Single engine biplane with two / three crew. Powered by 700 hp Armstrong Siddeley Motors Tiger IV; 760 hp AS Tiger VI; 800 hp Pegasus III or 840 hp Pegasus IX. Replaced by the Swordfish. 238 produced.
H.S.T.10 (or Blackburn B-9).	1936	Twin-engine twelve-passenger low-wing monoplane airliner. One built but never flew.
B-24 Skua	1937	Single-engine, two-seat low-wing monoplane naval fighter/dive bomber.
B-25 Roc	1938	Naval turret fighter.
B-26 Botha	1939	Reconnaissance / torpedo bomber and crew trainer.
B-20	1940	Twin-engine, six-seat experimental monoplane retractable-hull flying boat. One built.
B-37 Firebrand	1942	Single-engine, single-seat propeller naval fighter.
B.44	1942	Single-engine flying-boat fighter.
B-45 Firebrand	1943	Single-engine, single-seat propeller naval fighter.
B-46 Firebrand	1945	Single-engine, single-seat propeller naval fighter.
B-48 Firecrest	1947	Single-engine, single-seat propeller naval strike fighter.
Blackburn B-52		Single-engined advanced trainer to meet Specification T.7/45. Not built.
B-54 / B-88	1949 - 1950	Single-piston-engine, two-seat contra-rotating propeller naval anti-submarine aircraft / Single-turboprop-engine, two-seat contra-rotating propeller naval anti-submarine aircraft
Beverley	1950	Four-engine, high-wing, propellers, transport aircraft..
Buccaneer	1962	Two-engine, two-seat jet naval strike aircraft to specification NA.39.
Blackburn Aircraft

Other planes

• Blackburn B-107 - proposed 4 engine military transport

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Sources of Information

• The Aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing) by J. M. Bruce. Published in 1982. ISBN 0-370-30084-x
• The Encyclopedia of British Military Aircraft by Chaz Bowyer. Published in 1982. ISBN 1-85841-031-2
• [1] Wikipedia
• Warplanes of the World 1918-1939 by Michael J. H. Taylor. Published 1981. ISBN 0-7110-1078-1
• 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE