Wickham A Bluebird

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Wickham A Bluebird
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A Wickham Bluebird on display
General information
Type Homebuilt aircraft
National origin United States
Designer
Jim Wickham
Number built1
History
First flight1 June 1955

The Wickham A Bluebird is an all-metal four passenger homebuilt aircraft designed by Boeing engineer Jim Wickham. [1]

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Design

The Bluebird is an all-metal four place strut-braced high-wing aircraft with conventional landing gear. The wings feature full-span flaperons.

Operational history

The prototype Wickham A was the first of six designs by Wickham, and first flight was after seven years of construction starting in 1948. The first flight was from Boeing field in Seattle, Washington. [2]

Specifications (Wickham A Bluebird)

Data from General Aviation News

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Related development

References

  1. "Wickham Bluebird" . Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  2. "One-of-a-kind Bluebird" . Retrieved 22 April 2012.