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Robert Blackburn

@robertblackburn

British aviation pioneer (1885–1955)

Building Blackburn Aircraft as Founder · United Kingdom

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Key facts

Lived
1885–1955
Educated at
University of Leeds · Leeds Modern School

About

Robert Blackburn (1885–1955) was a military flight engineer and engineer. They were born in Leeds. They studied at University of Leeds.

In context

Blackburn Aircraft was founded in 1914 and closed in 1960, after 46 years. Among the 14 other aircraft industry companies founded in the 1910s we hold, those that closed lasted a median of 30 years, so this one outlasted most of them.

Named alongside

At Purview Enterprises LLC

At Radical Plastics, Inc.

Contribution

Robert's ideas, decisions and failures appear here once this profile is claimed.

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