DAN SHUMAKER COLLECTION
No. 9523. Blackburn T.R.1 Sprat (N207) Royal Air Force
Aeroplane Photo Supply (APS) Photo No. 408

Blackburn T.R.1 Sprat

12/31/2009. The Sprat was designed to Specification 5/24, which called for a RAF advanced trainer and FAA deck-landing trainer, fitted with interchangeable wheels/floats. The power plant was a 275 hp Rolls-Royce Falcon III twelve-cylinder, liquid-cooled V-engine, and the sole aircraft first flew April 24, 1926.

Created December 31, 2009