11 Blackburn Monoplane by Bruce Forster

The Blackburn Second Monoplane was strongly influenced by the French Antoinette and was much more successful than Robert Blackburn's first aircraft.  The lone aircraft was built in Leeds, UK in 1910.  Lateral control was by wing warping.  The wings were wire braced via a kingpost passing through the fuselage extending both above and below.  The pilot's seat was at the trailing edge of the wings and contained Blackburn's "triple steering column" which (on this model) was moved up and down for elevator control from side to side to control the rudder and (not on this model) was twisted to warp the wings.  This system had also been used on his First Monoplane.

This is a museum quality model 22" long, 23 1/2 " wide and 7 1/2" high.