Blackburn Firebrand

The Blackburn Firebrand was a single-engine fighter aircraft designed to Air Ministry Specification N.11-40 by Blackburn Aircraft. It was designed around the Napier Sabre III 24-cylinder H-type engine as a single-seat fleet fighter for the Royal Navy.

Comment:The Blackburn Firebrand was a single seat aircraft not,as stated in the picture caption,a two seater.The Firebrand was not tested from 1939 as the original specification N.1
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Made by Blackburn Aircraft.

Blackburn Firebrand is the predecessor of the Blackburn Firecrest.

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Height Main
ft in
Designer
G. E. Petty
Stall Speed Main
75 mph
Length Alt
12 m
Max Takeoff Weight Main
16227.0
Jet Or Prop
prop
Lists
* List of aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm
Range Main
1
250 mi
Loaded Weight Main
15671.0
Height Alt
m
Type Of Prop
18
Successor
Blackburn Firecrest
Loading Main
42
Power/mass Main
565200.0
Introduced
1943
Range More
with torpedo and drop tanks
Bombs
27420.0
Max Speed Main
350 mph
Cruise Speed Main
289 mph
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
7360.0
Number Built
193
Crew
One pilot
Retired
1953
Stall Speed Alt
65
Loaded Weight Alt
7100.0
Cruise Speed Alt
251
Area Main
381.5
Cruise Speed More
at 10
000 ft
Primary user
Fleet Air Arm
Span Alt
15.62 m
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Power Alt
1865.0
Engine(prop)
Bristol Centaurus IX
Manufacturer
Blackburn Aircraft
Number Of Props
1
First Flight
27
Production End Year
1947
Climb Rate Main
2600.0
Power Main
2
500 hp
Production Start Year
1942
Power/mass Alt
347
Guns
1200.0
Climb Rate Alt
13.2 m-s
Variants With Their Own Articles
Blackburn Firecrest
Length Main
1191.26
Span Main
51
Area Alt
35.44 m²
Range Alt
1100
Similar Aircraft
* Boeing XF8B* Curtiss XBTC* Douglas A-1 Skyraider* Douglas XTB2D Skypirate* Fairey Spearfish* Martin AM Mauler* Westland Wyvern
Max Speed Alt
300
Related
* Blackburn Firecrest
Empty Weight Main
11357.0
Category
Blackburn aircraft
British attack aircraft 1940-1949
British fighter aircraft 1940-1949
Carrier-based aircraft
Produced
1942
Empty Weight Alt
5150.0
Loading Alt
204

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