Blackburn Segrave

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name = B.1 Segrave
type = Touring Monoplane
manufacturer = Blackburn Aircraft



caption = Segrave II
designer = Sir Henry Segrave
first flight = 28 May 1930
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retired = 1938
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number built = 4 + 2 by Piaggio
status = Retired
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variants with their own articles =The Blackburn B-1 Segrave was a 1930s British twin-engined four-seat touring aircraft built by Blackburn Aircraft.

History

The aircraft was designed by the racing driver (and world land speed record holder) Sir Henry Segrave as a twin-engined four-seat touring monoplane. A wooden prototype, designated Saro Segrave Meteor I was built by Saunders Roe at Cowes. The prototype (registered G-AAXP) first flew on 28 May 1930. Development was delayed by the death of the designer on 13 June 1930 in a speedboat accident. The aircraft was demonstrated in Rome to the Italian Air Ministry and a licence agreement was signed to produce the aircraft as the Piaggio P.12, although only two appear to have been made. With lack of space at Cowes and with the decision to build a metal version, two aircraft were built by Blackburn Aircraft at Brough Aerodrome with the designation Blackburn CA.18 Segrave. Blackburn changed the designation system and the aircraft became the Blackburn B.1 Segrave.

Despite sales tours around Europe the aircraft was not ordered and only one further example was built. This was completed by Blackburn as the Blackburn CA.20 Segrave II to test a new single-spar wing.

Aircraft

;Segrave Meteor (registration G-AAXP):After use as a demonstrator it was in private use until withdrawn from use at Brough in 1932.

;Segrave I (registration G-ABFP):The first metal version was used by the British Air Navigation Company for cross-Channel charters and then sold for private use; scrapped at Brough in 1934.

;Segrave I (registration G-ABFR):Was used by the North Sea Aerial & General Transport Company until 1935, mainly as a ferry across the River Humber, when it was sold to British Air Transport at Redhill Aerodrome. It was withdrawn from use in 1938.

;Segrave II (registration G-ACMI):First flown 2 February 1934, it was used by Blackburn for trials until it was dismantled at Brough in 1935. It was later presented to Loughborough College as an instructional airframe.

pecifications (Segrave I)

aircraft specification

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capacity=4
length main= 28 ft 6 in
length alt= 8.69 m
span main=39 ft 6in
span alt= 12.04 m
height main= 7 ft 9 in
height alt= 2.36 m
area main= 230 ft²
area alt= 21.37 m²
empty weight main= 2,246 lb
empty weight alt= 1,019 kg
loaded weight main=
loaded weight alt=
max takeoff weight main=3,300 lb
max takeoff weight alt= 1,497 kg
engine (prop)=de Havilland Gipsy III
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number of props=2
power main=120 hp
power alt=89 kW
max speed main=138 mph
max speed alt=222 km/h
range main= 450 mi
range alt= 724 km
ceiling main= 14,000 ft
ceiling alt= 4,265 m
climb rate main=800 ft/min (initial)
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References

*cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)|year= |publisher= Orbis Publishing|location= |issn=
*cite book |last= Jackson|first= A.J.|authorlink= |coauthors= |title= British Civil Aircraft since 1919|year= 1974|publisher= Putnam|location= London|isbn=0 370 10014 X
* [http://www.britishaircraft.co.uk/aircraftpage.php?ID=310 British Aircraft Directory Accessed 9th October 2007]

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