Robert Blackburn (aviation pioneer)
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Robert Blackburn OBE, FRAeS, (March 26, 1885 - September 10, 1955) was an English aviation pioneer and the founder of Blackburn Aircraft.
He was born in Kirkstall, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. He attended Leeds Modern School and graduated in engineering at the University of Leeds, built his first monoplane in 1909 and flew it at Filey, gave regular demonstration flights for crowds at Roundhay Park, and went on to found a company which on his death became part of Hawker Siddeley.
He was also the founder of Scarcroft golf club.
[edit] External links
- Biography of Robert Blackburn reprinted from articles in Yorkshire Post newspaper and including links to further sources
- Biographical info and project to build a replica of the first Blackburn monoplane
- Humphrey Wynn, ‘Blackburn, Robert (1885–1955)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 21 Sept 2007
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