The Blackburn Type E was a development of the earlier Blackburn Mercury single-engined monoplanes but innovative it its use of steel tubing to construct the fuselage. It was built during 1912 to compete in the Military Aeroplane Trials. A single-seat version flew but the military two-seater did not.
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