.... in 1908 Robert Blackburn designed and built his first aeroplane, flying it himself in 1909, his aerodrome the sea-shore, his cockpit a cane chair mounted alongside the undercarriage Today the Blackburn Company's engineers have a reputation second to none. Their experimental and school aerodrome covers many acres on the Humber North shore. Every advantage science and British Workmanship can produce is embodied in their machines.

THE BLACKBURN AEROPLANE AND MOTOR CO., LTD., OLYMPIA, LEEDS.