Maybe the ugliest aircraft ever (a hotly contested subject) the Blackburn Blackburn (really, that's not a misprint) was actually pretty good!
Blackburn R1 Blackburn – Not Something You Want to Meet in A Dark Alley
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The Blackburn Roc; A Terrible Fighter but a Good Idea?
The Blackburn Roc is rated as one of the worst “fighters” ever designed. But let’s look at the method behind the madness.
The Blackburn Skua; Fighting Dive-Bomber or Dive-Bombing Fighter?
Built to a be both a dive-bomber and a fighter, the Skua was outclassed from the start. Despite this, it did remarkably well in the first 18 months of World War Two.
