Blackburne (motorcycles)
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Blackburne was a trade name of Burney and Blackburne Limited a British manufacturer of motorcycles from 1913 to 1922 at Tongham near Farnham
, Surrey
. They were also a major supplier of engines to other motor cycle and light car makers and continued to make these until 1937.
The company was founded by Cecil and Alec Burney who bought the rights to an engine designed by Geoffrey De Havilland
. In 1923 the Burney brothers set up the Burney motorcycle company that lasted until 1925.
Around 1922, Blackburne first ran the Tomtit
two-cylinder light aircraft engine based on the Lympne
696 cc V-twin.
In 1924 the company produced the Blackburne Thrush
a three-cylinder light aircraft engine. The first engine design was of 1098 cc, consistent with the capacity limit imposed for the 1924 light aeroplane trials at Lympne. The engine was enlarged and improved during 1925 to 1494 cc for further air trials held during 1926. In late 1925 the engine passed the severe Air Ministry 100 hours operational test. There are two known surviving engines, one of 1100 cc and the other the 1500 cc unit at the Shuttleworth museum at Old Warden, although there may be others.
Farnham
Farnham is a town in Surrey, England, within the Borough of Waverley. The town is situated some 42 miles southwest of London in the extreme west of Surrey, adjacent to the border with Hampshire...
, Surrey
Surrey
Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
. They were also a major supplier of engines to other motor cycle and light car makers and continued to make these until 1937.
The company was founded by Cecil and Alec Burney who bought the rights to an engine designed by Geoffrey De Havilland
Geoffrey de Havilland
Captain Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, OM, CBE, AFC, RDI, FRAeS, was a British aviation pioneer and aircraft engineer...
. In 1923 the Burney brothers set up the Burney motorcycle company that lasted until 1925.
Around 1922, Blackburne first ran the Tomtit
Blackburne Tomtit
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two-cylinder light aircraft engine based on the Lympne
Lympne Airport
Lympne Airport , , was a military and later civil airfield at Lympne, Kent, United Kingdom, which operated from 1916 to 1984. RFC Lympne was originally an acceptance point for aircraft being delivered to, and returning from, France during the First World War...
696 cc V-twin.
In 1924 the company produced the Blackburne Thrush
Blackburne Thrush
-See also:-Bibliography:* Lumsden, Alec. British Piston Engines and their Aircraft. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1-85310-294-6.-External links:*...
a three-cylinder light aircraft engine. The first engine design was of 1098 cc, consistent with the capacity limit imposed for the 1924 light aeroplane trials at Lympne. The engine was enlarged and improved during 1925 to 1494 cc for further air trials held during 1926. In late 1925 the engine passed the severe Air Ministry 100 hours operational test. There are two known surviving engines, one of 1100 cc and the other the 1500 cc unit at the Shuttleworth museum at Old Warden, although there may be others.