The Blackburn Cirrus Midget was a British four-cylinder, inverted, inline air-cooled
aero engine
An aircraft engine, often referred to as an aero engine, is the power component of an aircraft propulsion system. Aircraft using power components are referred to as powered flight. Most aircraft engines are either piston engines or gas turbin ...
designed and built in 1937 by the Cirrus Engine Section of
Blackburn Aircraft Limited
Blackburn Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer from 1914 to 1963 that concentrated mainly on naval and maritime aircraft.
History
Blackburn Aircraft was founded by Robert Blackburn and Jessy Blackburn, who built his first aircr ...
. Little is known of its development and use, its sole aircraft application being reported as the
Chilton D.W.1 although it is possible that this did not transpire.
Flightglobal archive - Intended Chilton D.W.1 application - ''Flight'', October 1938
Retrieved: 2 September 2009.
Specifications (Cirrus Midget)
See also
References
Notes
Bibliography
* Lumsden, Alec. ''British Piston Engines and their Aircraft''. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. .
External links
* ttp://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1938/1938%20-%203311.html Image of the Blackburn Cirrus Midget - ''Flight'', November 1938{{Cirrus aeroengines
Air-cooled aircraft piston engines
Blackburn aircraft engines
1930s aircraft piston engines
Inverted aircraft piston engines