BLACKBURN MONOPLANES

The sole example of the Blackburn Type D, still extant today CHRIS SANDHAM-BAILEY 15 IN-DEPTH PAGES The Mercury I monoplane in the air at Filey in 1911. In the background is the slipway which led up to Robert Blackburn’s rented hangar to the right AEROPLANE ● Putting Blackburn aircraft on the map ● Pioneering exploits: racing, instruction and more ● Flying the Shuttleworth Collection’s Type D