Blackburn Skua

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The Blackburn Skua was a naval combat aircraft operated by the British Fleet Air Arm. The prototype first flew in 1937 with a Bristol Mercury powerplant, but

Related Topics:
Blackburn - Fleet Air Arm - 1937 - Bristol Mercury

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production models used the Bristol Perseus.

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Built to specification O 4/34 it was a radical development for the FAA, being of all-metal construction and their first service monoplane.

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