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 The Blackburn L.1 Bluebird was a British single-engine biplane light trainer/tourer with side-by-side seating, built in small numbers by Blackburn Aircraft in the 1920s. Design and development The Bluebird L.1 was initially designed as a comp ...

* Clarke Cheetah * Cranwell CLA.4 * Parnall Pixie *

Supermarine Sparrow The Supermarine Sparrow (later called the Sparrow I) was a British two-seat light biplane designed by R.J. Mitchell and built at Supermarine's works at Woolston, Southampton. It first flew on 11 September 1924. After being rebuilt in 1926 as ...

Vickers Vagabond The Vickers Vagabond was Vickers' entrant for the second Lympne light aircraft competition, held in 1924. It was a conventional small biplane, with a very unusual method of trimming. It was eliminated from the trials at an early stage and only ...

* Westland Widgeon

Specifications (Thrush)

References

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Bibliography

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

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