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Blackburne Thrush

1920s British aircraft piston engine

Field	Value
name	Thrush
image	Blackburne Thrush.jpg
caption	Blackburne Thrush engine preserved at the Shuttleworth Collection
engine_type	Air-cooled radial
manufacturer	Burney and Blackburne Limited
first_run	1924
national_origin	United Kingdom

The Blackburne Thrush was a 1,500 cc three-cylinder radial aero-engine for light aircraft produced by Burney and Blackburne Limited. Burney and Blackburne were based at Bookham, Surrey, England and was a former motorcycle manufacturer.

First produced in 1926 the engine was based on an earlier 1924 design with improvements to allow use on light aircraft.

Applications

ANEC IV
Blackburn Bluebird
Clarke Cheetah
Cranwell CLA.4
Parnall Pixie
Supermarine Sparrow
Vickers Vagabond
Westland Widgeon

Specifications (Thrush)

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References

Notes

Bibliography

Lumsden, Alec. British Piston Engines and their Aircraft. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. .

References

Lumsden 2003, p. 91.

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