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First World War.com - Who's Who - Robert Blackburn (310 words) |
 | Robert Blackburn (1885-1955) was a British aircraft pioneer with his company, the Blackburn Aeroplane Company, acting as a major aircraft supplier to the British government during the First World War. |
| With the assistance of Harry Goodyear Blackburn built in 1910 the Blackburn Monoplane; such was its heaviness that it was consequently nicknamed the 'Heavy Type Monoplane'. |
| The principal aircraft produced by Blackburn's company during wartime was the Blackburn Kangaroo, a twin-engine bi-plane adopted by the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) for use in anti-submarine operations based in the North Sea. |
| Blackburn Aircraft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (141 words) |
| Blackburn Aircraft Ltd. was a British aircraft manufacturer. |
| Founded 1914, as Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Company, a new factory was built at Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire in 1916. |
| The name was changed to Blackburn Aircraft Ltd. in 1939, and the company amalgamated with General Aircraft Ltd in 1949. |
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