Blackburn Aeroplane And Motor Company Propeller

A lovely vintage blackburn aeroplane and motor company propeller. It has been mounted on a stand so free-stands nicely and would make a lovely decorative ornament to any room.

Height 139cm x Width of propeller 23cm x Base 36cm square

The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Company Limited started in 1914 by Robert Blackburn in Yorkshire. The companies premises was at Olympia Roller-Skating Rink, Roundhay Road, Leeds, until 1929. In 1916 a new factory was built at Brough, East Riding of Yorkshire, by 1933 all of the aircraft production was at Brough.

The company was incorporated in 1936 to became Blackburn Aircraft Limited and joined forces with Maurice Denny, a Dumbarton Shipbuilder to establish a new Blackburn Factory at Barge Park, Dumbarton for the production of the Blackburn Botha. Before and during WWII, Blackburn Aircraft (Dumbarton) produced 250 Shorts Sunderland Flying Boats as well as preparing and converting many American aircraft for use by the Fleet Air Arm.

Blackburn merged with General Aircraft Limited in 1949 and was renamed Blackburn and General Aircraft Limited. Despite seeing a reasonable success with the Blackburn Beverley (based on the GAL.60 Universal Freighter) by 1958 the company reverted back to Blackburn Aircraft Limited.

The bulk of the manufacturing was concentrated on the factory at Brough in the East Riding of Yorkshire where they made a huge number of different designs ranging from the propeller-driven General Aircraft GAL.60/65 Beverley heavy-lift transport to the Blackburn Buccaneer sub sonic jet strike aircraft.

The bulk of manufacturing was concentrated at the factory in Brough in the East Riding of Yorkshire, where a large number of different designs were manufactured ranging from the propeller-driven GP seaplane in 1916 to the Blackburn Buccaneer sub sonic jet strike aircraft in 1958.

Finally, the company was absorbed into Hawker Siddeley in 1960 and the Blackburn name disappeared in 1963.

Source: https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/people/ap24751/blackburn-aeroplane-and-motor-company-limited