Blackburn Mercury
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The Blackburn Mercury was an early British aircraft designed as a pilot trainer for the Blackburn Flying School Filey in 1911. It was an enlarged two-seat version of the Second Monoplane that flew earlier that year. It was a mid-wing monoplane of conventional configuration that accommodated pilot and student in tandem open cockpits.

Made by Blackburn Aircraft.

It is the successor of the Blackburn Second Monoplane .

Jet Or Prop
prop
Designer
Robert Blackburn (aviation pioneer)
Predecessor
Blackburn Second Monoplane
Length Alt
10.06 m
Height Alt
2.06 m
Loaded Weight Main
1000.0
Max Speed Alt
100.0
Type Of Prop
seven cylinder air cooled radial engine
Max Speed Main
60 mph
Developed From
Blackburn Second Monoplane
Height Main
205.74
Number Built
9
Crew
2
Span Main
1168.4
Area Main
288.0
Span Alt
11.69 m
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Power Alt
37.0
Engine(prop)
Isaacson
Manufacturer
Blackburn Aircraft
First Flight
17
Loaded Weight Alt
454.0
Power Main
50 hp
Number Of Props
1
Length Main
1005.84
Area Alt
26.8 m²
Category
Blackburn aircraft
British civil trainer aircraft 1910-1919
Propeller aircraft
Single-engine aircraft

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