The Blackburn Iris was a British three-engined biplane flying boat of the 1920s. Although only five Irises were built, it was used as a long-range maritime...
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Look up Iris or iris in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Iris most often refers to: Iris (anatomy), part of the eye Iris (color), an ambiguous color term...
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The Blackburn Perth was a British flying boat which was in service during the interwar period. It was essentially an upgraded Iris, and hence the largest...
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IMO:9286906 Abraham AS-2 Iris II, Abraham airplane of 1930s France Blackburn Iris II, variant of the Blackburn Iris airplane Iris II (album), 1987 album...
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drive ratio (0.477:1), 22 engines produced at Derby. Blackburn Iris Mark V Blackburn M.1/30 Blackburn Perth Handley Page H.P.46 Kawanishi H3K Short Sarafand...
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engine went into limited production, with testing carried out on a Blackburn Iris V biplane flying-boat aircraft and Fairey IIIF biplane. The six cylinders...
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Bombs: 1,102 lb (500 kg) of bombs or 2 × torpedoes Related development Blackburn Iris Felixstowe Fury Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era...
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aircraft: Avro Aldershot Avro Andover Avro Ava Beardmore Inflexible Blackburn Iris Bristol Berkeley de Havilland DH.27 Derby de Havilland DH.54 Highclere...
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Blackburn R.B.1 Iris (1926) – Three-engine, five-seat biplane flying boat Blackburn F.1 Turcock (1928) – Single-engine fighter aircraft. Blackburn F...
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Whitworth Sinaia Short Cromarty Vickers Valentia - tested Blackburn Iris Short Sarafand Blackburn Perth - fitted Short Sunderland - planned but not fitted...
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Marsha Blackburn (née Wedgeworth; born June 6, 1952) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Tennessee. Blackburn was...
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Southampton No. 209 Squadron RAF 1930–1935 Blackburn Iris III (1930–1932), Saro A.7 (1932), Blackburn Iris IV (1932–1934), Short Singapore II (1932),...
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The Blackburn R-1 Blackburn was a 1920s British single-engine fleet spotter/reconnaissance aircraft built by Blackburn Aircraft. The Blackburn was developed...
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the same questions, in his official capacity, about the then-secret Blackburn Iris. The Directorate of Military Intelligence had kept Sempill's communications...
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The Blackburn Firebrand was a British single-engine strike fighter for the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy designed during World War II by Blackburn Aircraft...
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January 1930. It was first equipped with Blackburn Iris flying boats and then from January 1934 by Blackburn Perth but neither of these types were built...
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first general inspection of British overseas air stations, flying the Blackburn Iris. Afterwards he wrote The Third Route, published by Heinemann in 1929...
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Russia 1986 In service 2 Beriev MBR-2 USSR 1931 retired Blackburn Iris UK 1926 retired 5 Blackburn Perth UK 1933 retired 4 Blohm & Voss BV 138 Germany 1937...
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turret. Avro Manchester (introduced 1940) – heavy twin engine bomber. Blackburn Iris (introduced 1929) – patrol flying boat; Lewis guns on a Scarff ring...
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The Blackburn B-101 Beverley is a heavy transport aircraft produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Blackburn Aircraft. It was notably the only land-based...
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tour, organised by the Flying Boat Development Flight, together with Blackburn Iris, Short Singapore and Supermarine Southampton flying boats. This tour...
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Prototype 2 Blackburn Dart UK Torpedo bomber 1921 Operational 126 Blackburn Firebrand UK Torpedo bomber/fighter 1942 Operational 193 Blackburn Iris UK Maritime...
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The Blackburn B-54 and B-88 were prototype carrier-borne anti-submarine warfare aircraft of the immediate post-Second World War era developed for the...
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names, particularly with an association with water were common, such as Blackburn Iris, named for the goddess of sea and sky, and Nimrod the mighty hunter...
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Inflexible UK Propeller Bomber 1928 1930 Three-engined piston monoplane Blackburn Iris UK Propeller Maritime patrol 1930 1934 Three-engined biplane flying...
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The Blackburn B-24 Skua was a carrier-based low-wing, two-seater, single-radial engine aircraft by the British aviation company Blackburn Aircraft. It...
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The Blackburn B.48 Firecrest, given the SBAC designation YA.1, was a single-engine naval strike fighter built by Blackburn Aircraft for service with the...
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SIMB AB 16 France 1927 Besson MB.36 France 1930 Blackburn Iris UK 1926 Blackburn Perth UK 1933 Blackburn Sydney UK 1930 Bloch MB.60 France 1930 Bloch MB...
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Whitehaven, in the Cumberland Coalfield, killing 27 people. 4 February – RAF Blackburn Iris III seaplane S 238 crashes in Plymouth Sound after a senior officer...
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Ashburton, Glen Iris, Malvern, and Kooyong, before finally flowing into the Yarra River in Hawthorn. Unnamed watercourse through Blackburn/Forest Hill Unnamed...
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