Wickham A Bluebird

Wickham A Bluebird
A Wickham Bluebird on display
Role Homebuilt aircraft
National origin United States
Designer Jim Wickham
First flight 1 June 1955
Number built 1


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

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 sixth design by Wickham, and the first to fly 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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wickham Model A.
  1. "Wickham Bluebird". Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  2. "One-of-a-kind Bluebird". Retrieved 22 April 2012.
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