2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Blackburn Bluebird Les Ailes April 7,1927: Les Ailes newspaper· Public domain
- 2. Blackburn Bluebird seaplane Le Document aéronautique January,1928: Le Document aéronautique· Public domain
what is it?
The Blackburn L.1 Bluebird was a British single-engine biplane light trainer/tourer with side-by-side seating, built in small numbers by Blackburn Aircraft in the 1920s.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.5 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 102 years ago, in 1924.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1924
- introduced
- 1928
- retired
- 1937
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- role
- trainer
- makers
- Blackburn Aircraft
- engines
- 1× Armstrong Siddeley Genet II
- crew
- 2
- length
- 6.9 m
- wingspan
- 8.5 m
- height
- 2.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 628 kg
- top speed
- 142 km/h
- cruise speed
- 113 km/h
- range
- —
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4922657, Wikipedia: Blackburn Bluebird (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.