The Blackburn Segrave Meteor was designed in 1929 by Sir Henry Segrave, Technical Director of the Aircraft Investment Corporation. This corporation had substantial interests in the Blackburn Airplane & Motor Co and Saunders Roe. The prototype, G-AAXP, was built by Saunders-Roe and flown on 28 May 1930 at Cowes.
A four-seat cabin monoplane powered by two 89kW de Havilland Gipsy Ills or similar engine. It had an all-wooden fuselage. It was flown in the 1930 King’s Cup Race, and registration finally cancelled in September 1938.
The production of an all-metal machine was given to Blackburn, a number of parts being made by Saunders-Roe. Two production machines, known as Blackburn Segraves were built; G-ABFP and G-ABFP. G-ABFP registration was cancelled in December 1934.
G-ABFR was used on the Hull-Grimsby ferry in 1932. Its last owner was British Air Transport Ltd of Redhill. It was withdrawn in August 1939.
A fourth, G-ACMI, had an experimental Duncanson single-spar wing. This spar was hollow and carried fuel.
G-ACMI was powered by Gipsy Majors, the others having Gipsy III’s. G-ACMI was originally registered G-ABZJ for a time at the end of 1932 but never carried these letters.
Two were built by Piaggio as P.12s.
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