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The Blackburn R-1 Blackburn was a 1920s British single-engine fleet spotter/reconnaissance aircraft built by Blackburn Aircraft.

R.1 Blackburn
Blackburn Blackburn II
Role Carrier-based reconnaissance
Manufacturer Blackburn Aeroplane & Motor Company Limited
First flight 1922
Introduction 1923
Retired 1931
Primary user Fleet Air Arm
Number built 44
Developed from Blackburn T.2 Dart

History


The Blackburn was developed to meet a naval requirement (Specification 3/21) for a carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft and gun spotting aircraft. Blackburn designed a new fuselage and used the wing and tail surfaces from the Blackburn Dart. The pilot sat in an open cockpit above the engine, a navigator sat inside the fuselage and a gun position was located at the rear of the fuselage cabin. The aircraft's two-bay wings could fold for stowage aboard aircraft carriers, with the upper wing attached directly to the fuselage, which filled the interplane gap. Armament was a single forward-firing Vickers machine gun mounted externally to the left of the pilot, with a Lewis gun on a Scarff ring for the gunner.[1]

Three prototypes were flown during 1922, leading to an initial production contract for 12 aircraft.[2] 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.[4]

A further order was placed for 29 Blackburns with the more powerful Napier Lion V engine, designated the Blackburn II. The upper wing was raised 22½ in (0.57 m) to improve handling.[3] A few Blackburns were used as dual-control trainers and all the Blackburn Is were converted to II standard before the type became obsolete in 1931, when they were replaced by the Fairey IIIF.


Variants


Blackburn
Prototype, three built.
Blackburn I
Production version with a 449 hp (335 kW) Napier Lion IIB engines, 33 built.[4]
Blackburn II
Improved production version with a 464 hp (346 kW) Napier Lion V, and increased gap between wings. 29 built.[5]
Blackburn Blackburn Trainer
Blackburn Blackburn Trainer
Blackburn Trainer
Trainer version of Blackburn I, fitted with side-by-side cockpit and dual controls. Known by the Fleet Air Arm as the Bull. Two out of Blackburn I batch.[6]

Operators


 United Kingdom

Specifications (Blackburn I)


Data from British Naval Aircraft since 1912 [5]

General characteristics

Performance

Armament


See also


Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

Related lists


References


  1. Jackson 1968, pp. 160–161.
  2. Jackson 1968, p. 162.
  3. Jackson 1968, p. 164.
  4. Thetford 1978, p. 48.
  5. Thetford 1978, p. 49.
  6. Thetford 1978, p. 50.

Bibliography



На других языках


[de] Blackburn Blackburn

Die Blackburn Blackburn war ein einmotoriges, dreisitziges Aufklärungsflugzeug der Royal Air Force für britische Flugzeugträger. Die ab 1923 bei den Trägereinheiten eingesetzte Maschine war bis Anfang 1931 im Dienst. Sie wurde neben der Avro Bison entwickelt. Beide ersetzten die Westland Walrus und wurden ab 1929 durch die Fairey IIIF abgelöst.
- [en] Blackburn Blackburn

[fr] Blackburn Blackburn

Le Blackburn Blackburn est un avion militaire de l'entre-deux-guerres réalisé au Royaume-Uni par Blackburn Aircraft.



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