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Blackburn 12
It was built in October 1912 to the order of Cyril Foggin, who learnt to fly at the Blackburn School at Hendon. It first flew in December 1912 in the hands of Harold Blackburn and was demonstrated by the company during the first part of 1913. Cyril Foggin first flew his new aeroplane on March 24 1913, but the aircraft was still used as a demonstration model by Blackburn. The aircraft was also used by Harold Blackburn to fly copies of the Yorkshire Post newspaper from Leeds to York between July 23-25 1913. The Blackburn Monoplane was then modified to have rounded wing tips and was fitted with a new design of undercarriage. It was then acquired by Montague Francis Glew, but he crashed the Blackburn at Wittering, Lincolnshire in 1914. |
Robert
Blackburn was born on the 26th March 1885 and became one of Britain's
first aircraft designers and builders. His first aeroplane to
fly did so at Filey in 1910 and he then produced several designs
over the next two years. The basic 1912 machine was called the
Mercury or the Type D monoplane. It was quite an advanced design
for the time with all surfaces fully covered and an engine cowling
around the top part of the engine. Although the design looks modern
it still retains wing warping as the method of lateral control.
