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Blackburn Cubaroo

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Produced Variants
T.4 Cubaroo
 		 Four-seat biplane long distance coastal defence aircraft to meet the requirements of DofR Type 9 Specification (later Air Ministry Specification 8/21, superceded by 16/22). One 1000 h.p. Napier Cub powerplant.

Projected Variants
T.4A Cubaroo IICubaroo fitted with Two 650 h.p. Rolls-Royce Condor IV powerplants at mid gap between the wings.
T.4B Cubaroo IIIAs Cubaroo II fitted with Two 650 h.p. Rolls-Royce Condor III powerplants.
T.4C Cubaroo IVAs Cubaroo II with powerplants moved to lower wing.

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Serial Range C/n Batch Qty Conv. Canc'd Notes
 2 aircraft ordered from The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Leeds, Yorkshire, to contract 227756/21 (revised on 326529/22). First flew August 1924.
 N166 - N167    2      
  Total Production 2      



Production Summary

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All Aircraft By Type
Type Built New Conv. Canc'd Total
 T.4 Cubaroo 2     2
  2 0 0  


Notes
  1. The aircraft was built at the Olympia Works, Leeds, but erected and flown from Brough Aerodrome, East Yorkshire.

Production References
  1. Blackburn Aircraft Since 1909, A.J. Jackson (Putnam, 1989)
  2. Fleet Air Arm Aircraft, Units and Ships, 1920 to 1939, Ray Sturtivant with Dick Cronin (Air Britain Publications, 1998)

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