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1934
1934 - 1314.PDF
I3I3 ._ PLIGHT. DECEMBER 13, 1934. THE BLACKBURN "SHARK" A General-purpose Coastal Protection Aeroplane for Torpedo Operation, Bombing, Fleet Gunnery Spotting and Recomiaissance : Adaptability as a Ship-plane, Landplane, or Seaplane DEVELOPED from the Blackburn T.S.R., which hasperformed so well in Service trials, the new'' Shark '' not only appears to be extremely effec- tive for the purposes for which it is designed, but also embodies many unusually interesting features. It is a strut-braced biplane of sesquiplane form, with a monocoque light alloy fuselage having cockpit accom- modation for two or three persons according to the work upon which the machine is to be employed. The engine can be either the Armstrong Siddeley " Tiger " of 700 h.p. Or the Bristol "Pegasus III M " of 690 h.p. The normal land undercarriage is in two widely spread and entirely separate halves, allowing ample room for the stowage of a torpedo, and a twin-float undercarriage has been de- signed to be interchangeable. • . The '' Shark'' is truly a general-purpose machine for coastal protection. As a torpedo-bomber it can carry a torpedo or a load of bombs weighing about 1,5001b. (680 kg), a crew of two, and fuel for about 625 miles (1 00$ km) as a land machine, or 548 miles (882 km) as a seaplane. When it is used as a Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance machine no bombs are carried, and with a crew of three, the fuel load will suffice for 792 miles (1 2J4 km) as a land- plane and 690 miles (1 no km) as a seaplane, while if it is desired still further to increase the range an additional tank may be slung in the torpedo crutches, putting the mileage up to 1,130 miles (1 820 kin) and 990 miles (1 590 km.) respectively. It will be seen that the " Shark " embodies in itself the desiderata of several types of aircraft, and it is, there- NOTEWORTHY : A three-quarter front view of the " Shark," which shows clearly the strut bracing of the wings. (Flight Photo.)
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