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1939
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MAY 25, 1939 ffl$@as 533 ii m The Story of a Yorkshireman's Pre-war Ventures and the Great Aircraft Business that zvas Born of Them : Famous Aircraft from the Blackburn Monoplane of 1910 to the Skua of To-day. w rHILE testing his monoplane on the Marske sands on May 24, Mr. R. Blackburn, of Leeds, met with a mishap. He was running the machine along the beach when, through skidding into a hole, the tyre of one of the wheels came off. Mr. Black burn at once cut off the ignition, and, as a result of the sudden stoppage, he was thrown from his seat. Fortu nately he escaped injury, but the left wing of the mono plane was slightly damaged." This paragraph, published on May 28, 1910, was the first reference in Flight to Mr. Robert Blackburn's activities. From that somewhat inglorious start it was diffi cult to foresee that one day the name would become world-famous. Yet the occurrence was one typical of the work of the pioneers. A short hop, a crash, a few weeks in the shed for repairs; and then the process was repeated. Such was the life of nearly every early constructor, and Robert Blackburn was no exception. The Blackburn saga does not, however, begin in May of 1910. Long before that this young Yorkshireman had become interested in flying, mainly as a result of his travels and studies in Germany and France. In fact, the machine to which the historic paragraph referred was largely designed during one of Robert's stays in Paris. On his return to Yorkshire his father, who ,was managing director of the well-known firm of T. Green and Sons, Ltd. (general engineers, but THE PRESENT HEADS OF THE BLACKBURN ORGANISATION. Mr. Robert Blackburn, O.B.E., A.M.I.C.E., F.R.Ae.S., M.I.M.E., chairman and joint managing director. Sir Maurice Denny, Bart., C.B.E., head of the famous shipbuilding firm now linked with the Black burn interests at Dumbarton. Major F. A. Bumpus, B.Sc, A.R.C.S., Wh.Sc., F.R.Ae.S., joint managing director with Mr. R. Blackburn.
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