Blackburn Iris Flying Boat

The five-seat Iris was an elegant biplane flying-boat. The first of only eight built flew on 19 June 1926. The single Iris I, powered by three 484.4kW Rolls-Royce Condor III engines, was converted into the II with 503kW Condor IIIA. It was followed by four Iris Ill with 503kW Condor IIIB engines (entering service with the RAF in 1930); a single Mk IV (the first prototype with 596kW Armstrong Siddeley Leopard Ill, mounted as two tractors and one pusher); and three V with 615kW Rolls-Royce Buzzard IIMS engines. A III was also brought up to V standard.

Specification MODEL R.B.1B "Iris" III
CREW 5
ENGINE 3 x Rolls-Royce "Condor" IIIB, 503kW
WEIGHTS Take-off weight 13376 kg 29489 lb Empty weight 8640 kg 19048 lb
DIMENSIONS Wingspan 29.57 m 97 ft 0 in Length 20.54 m 67 ft 5 in Height 7.77 m 25 ft 6 in Wing area 207.07 m2 2228.88 sq ft
PERFORMANCE Max. speed 190 km/h 118 mph Cruise speed 156 km/h 97 mph Ceiling 3230 m 10600 ft Range w/max.fuel 1287 km 800 miles
ARMAMENT 3 x 7.7mm machine-guns, 900kg bombs

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[Lioyd1rving]

@MrBEB123 Troll harder.

[aviate1138]

Nobody's Sweetheart

Erdman/Kahn/Meyer/Schoebel

Best of Fred Elizalde and his Anglo American Band

Retrieval label

[Noppasit777]

I check this song on Jazz On Line (1926) I can't see it

Can You Tell Me The Name Of This Song

Thank You

[Noppasit777]

In this website (Jazz-On-Line) Has over 20000 music I can't find it.

Can you tell me the artist name and song name ,please.

[crybabygirl3]

pilots where still exposed in 1926 because they felt they needed to feel the wind in there face to fly.

[snottspott]

does any1 know..was prop building much of a science back then?and why were the pilots still exposed in 1926?

[copewood333]

Beautifully streamlined fuselage for the time.

[grossodefora]

Great videos, Mr. Bomberguy!

[Syd1940]

Brilliant stuff - thanks

[trojone8]

Absolutely! Some great footage.